Panama disease caused by Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in northern Mozambique. The picture, taken in January 2015, shows a banana farm planted with the Cavendish variety. ... courtesy iita. So far, ...

According to Joao Augusto, a plant pathologist working with IITA in Mozambique, there aren't many options to effectively control the disease: "It cannot be eradicated, but it can be limited if a ...

Today, IITA has over 240 scientists addressing the challenges of natural resources management,climate change, ... Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. ...

Researchers at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have come up with soilless yam propagation as they have successfully grown seed yams in the air using aeroponics technology.

The African Development Bank has provided a €5 million grant in supplementary financing to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to advance food security and climate ...

The chair of IITA’s Board of Trustees, Christian Borgemeister, said: “I am very pleased to welcome Dr. Ehui as the eighth director general of IITA and as CGIAR regional director for ...

IITA and World Agroforestry Centre believe poor soil fertility is one of the main obstacles to improving food production in Africa. To this end, ...

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Board of Trustees and CGIAR have appointed Dr Simeon Ehui as the Director-General for IITA and Regional Director for Continental Africa ...

No fewer than 70 young farmers have received essential farm inputs and equipment from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital under the institute ...

IITA has announced its renewed partnership with Soy Excellence Center, a United States soy programme to attain food security in Nigeria.