Nigeria’s Future Looks Brighter With IITA Innovations, Says Nigeria’s Agriculture Think Tank

Nigeria’s Future Looks Brighter With IITA Innovations, Research and innovations being developed at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) hold promise, and could transform Nigeria’s agricultural narrative, says Nigeria’s agricultural think-tank, the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG). The think tank, which comprises eminent persons drawn from Nigeria’s private sector players in the agricultural value chain […]

Feb 24, 2018 Read more

Despite Opposition, Institute To commence Trial On Genetically Modified Cassava in Nigeria

Despite opposition by some civic groups, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, said it is to carry out confined field trials, CFT, on genetically modified cassava. In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, the Institute said it had received permission to carry out the research in collaboration with ETHZ Plant Biotechnology Laboratory […]

Feb 19, 2018 Read more

Researchers, Policymakers Meet In Tanzania To Discuss Cassava Agronomy

decision support tools, Scientists across Africa and their colleagues in other parts of the world met with policymakers in Tanzania, under the auspices of the African Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) to discuss the progress made in the last two years in providing clues to the agronomy of cassava. The meeting, held from December 11 to 15, […]

Jan 02, 2018 Read more

Expert Blames Researchers For Dearth Of Wheat In Southeast

The Pioneer Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, (MOUAU), Abia State, Prof. Placid Njoku has challenged researchers at the institution and agriculture universities to focus on how wheat, Onion, apple, lettuce, carrot, and sorghum can be massively produced in Abia and other states in the south east. He flayed academics “who sit […]

Dec 26, 2017 Read more

Nigerian Scientists Work Out Biotech Solutions To Ensure Food Sufficiency

Nigeria is projected to be the third largest nation in the world by 2050 just behind China and India, with a population of over 300 million people. At its current population of over 180 million people, Nigeria is currently battling with the challenge of feeding its people, with some states especially in the north east […]

Dec 13, 2017 Read more

Organic Farming Can Contribute To Global Nutrition, Says New Study

Organic farming can make an important contribution to world nutrition, according to a new study, which says that a global shift to organics can contribute to a sustainable food system when combined with other measures. This includes a one-third reduction in animal products in human consumption, less concentrated feed and less food waste, says the […]

Nov 17, 2017 Read more

Indigenous Coy Produces Fertiliser From Neem Tree

An indigenous company based in Kebbi State has produced organic neem fertiliser for optimum crop production. They are produced from the neem tree. The product was showcased at the just concluded National Agricultural show in Nasarawa State. The company also produces neem seed cake for animal feed, neem seeds, neem oil and biopesticides for prevention […]

Oct 26, 2017 Read more

Weed Management: IITA-CWMP Records Major Breakthrough

Ongoing research by the Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) may have recorded a major milestone in its objective to find solutions to the challenge of weeds on cassava farms. Journalists were led on a trip to a demo plot of IITA-CWMP in Ijaiye, Akinyele Local Government Area […]

Oct 24, 2017 Read more

FUTA Grows Bigger Tomato Variant

A new variant of tomatoes named Eva F1 has been introduced into Nigeria, courtesy of a collaborative effort between the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT) and the Teaching and Research Farm (TRF) of the Federal University of Technology, Akure. The Eva F1 Tomato is a variety five times bigger in size than the […]

Oct 19, 2017 Read more

Improved Weed Control Help Nigerian Farmers To Record 27tons/ha From On-farm Demonstration Farms

On-farm demonstrations in Ogun state, Nigeria under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) managed Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) have produced average yields of 27 tons per hectare surpassing the national average of about 8 tons/ha. The demos were conducted in 2016 in the three senatorial districts of Ogun states using an integrated weed […]

Oct 04, 2017 Read more

Researchers Work On Drought-tolerant Maize For Africa

In Zimbabwe, researchers say they are breeding maize that is drought and heat resistant as part of efforts to fight hunger across Africa, where maize is a staple food. In Hezekaya Village in Gokwe, about 200 kilometers west of Harare, cotton is what most people plant because it can grow in hot, dry weather. But […]

Oct 04, 2017 Read more

IITA Develops ‘Aflasafe’ To Preserve Maize, Groundnut

An innovative product, Aflasafe, for use by maize and groundnut farmers has been developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The product was on display at one of the exhibition stands at the ongoing AgrikExpo and NABG Conference in Abuja. The exhibitor, Mr. Tunde Raji, told the Media that Aflasafe could reduce the […]

Sep 27, 2017 Read more

The Global Integrated Pest Management Market Value To Reach $151 Billion By 2025

The global integrated pest management market value is anticipated to reach USD 151.0 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The global integrated pest management (IPM) market size was worth USD 91.8 billion in 2016. Increase in pest population owing to climatic changes is resulting in various health problems, […]

Sep 25, 2017 Read more

Whole Food Diet May Fight Cancer

A diet that includes plenty of colorful vegetables and fruits may contain compounds that can stop colon cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases in pigs, according to an international team of researchers. Understanding how these compounds work on a molecular level could be an initial step toward finding treatments for people with cancer, they added. “What […]

Sep 22, 2017 Read more

Raising The Profile Of Yam: Whole Genome Reference Sequencing Of A Neglected Orphan Crop Revealed

Ibadan, Nigeria – Researchers have deciphered the complete sequence of one of the major food crops in Africa—the white Guinea yam. In many parts of West Africa, food is not considered food if it is not yam. This explains why yam—also called the “king of crops” in Nigeria, exemplified in Chinua Achebe’s classic novel “Things […]

Sep 20, 2017 Read more