The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Pairwise, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched the Yam Optimized…
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Cassava production in western Kenya is being threatened by an army of pests and diseases that could decimate harvests. This…
“Science journalism brings together researchers, science journalists, academia, the public, and key industry players to highlight possible local evidence-based science solutions to the challenges the country faces,” Mwaba said.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have donated 1.34…
In secondary school, if you took agricultural science in junior secondary, you would have seen this phrase “new varieties” of…
The Partnership is coordinated by Michigan State University and involves various partners including the National Root Crop Research Institute, Umudike, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the International Potato Center (CIP). (www.canr.msu.edu/biotechpp/ for more information).
The two-day Seed Business Summit themed, “Building a Harmonized Roadmap for Seed Sector Transformation”, being organized in collaboration with the Liberian Ministry of Agriculture, will hold on March 25 and 26, 2024, in Monrovia, the Liberian capital.
My last week’s piece closed with a poser: Are the two Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Senators Kyari and Abdullahi, capable of breaking the jinx of poverty and hunger associated with Nigerians? Answering this question requires an in-depth analysis of Tinubu’s policy and direction toward achieving food security for Nigeria. Petroleum subsidy withdrawal skyrocketed the fuel price by 217% that caused astronomical cost of living. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency on food security on July 14, 2023, to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal. As I wrote in this Column, the declaration of emergency is the best policy pronouncement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT).
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has organised a Brown Field Day for 410 farmers to accelerate cereal crop production in Gombe State.
About 72% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa has increased their dietary intake of carbohydrate foods in the last few years, particularly from the consumption of cassava products, including garri, eba, and fufu. However, this has resulted in a high glycemic index (GI) in the human body.