IITA explains why it’s naming DR Congo research station after Obasanjo by Patrick Akpu September 13, 2019 1 The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is set to inaugurate its research station in Kalambo, Bukavu in the Democratic ...
IAR&T boss charges FG on agric policies to tackle hunger in Nigeria by Patrick Akpu July 5, 2019 0 The Federal Government has been urged to produce sustainable agricultural policies and programmes that will help the nation tackle hunger ...
NAFDAC bans selected agro-chemicals, issues deadline to dealers, farmers, (SEE DETAILS) by Patrick Akpu June 20, 2019 0 Amid mounting evidence of their harmful effects on plants, animals and the environment, some agro-chemicals are being banned across the ...
IITA station in DR Congo to be named after Obasanjo by Patrick Akpu May 28, 2019 0 The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has concluded plans to name its station in Democratic Republic of Congo after ...
Obasanjo tasks IITA, NISER, to ensure Makinde works with Ajimobi’s 25-year agricultural plan for Oyo by Patrick Akpu May 25, 2019 0 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the weekend expressed hope that the incoming governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde would ...
How IAR&T Ibadan has bloomed in agric research for 50 years by Patrick Akpu April 2, 2019 0 The Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, turned 50 on Monday, April 1, 2019, and the institution is ...
Zero Hunger: What Nigeria needs to worry about, by Obasanjo by Patrick Akpu November 27, 2018 0 Nigeria’s changing demography driven by rapid growth in population coupled with a stagnant and in some cases retrogressing agricultural productivity ...
Obasanjo to chair Zero Hunger meeting in Sokoto by Patrick Akpu November 21, 2018 0 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will chair activities of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum’s meeting in Sokoto state today. The two-day ...
Sudan presidential team in Nigeria, signs MoU with IITA on cassava transformation by Patrick Akpu November 15, 2018 0 The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga said today that a collaboration between ...
Tackling unemployment: Cote d’Ivoire sends mission to Nigeria to tap IITA youth agripreneur model by Patrick Akpu November 5, 2018 0 Cote d’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer, has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ...
African countries should embrace IITA youth programme to tackle poverty, unemployment – Sanginga by Patrick Akpu November 1, 2018 0 African leaders urgently need to depart from mere rhetoric and begin to take action in solving the continents problems marked ...
HarvestPlus calls for political will to fight malnutrition in Nigeria, announces 2018 Nutritious Food Fair in Lagos by Patrick Akpu October 14, 2018 0 Efforts to address malnutrition in Nigeria require both collective and political will, a coalition of nutrition advocates led by HarvestPlus ...
Ajimobi tasks stakeholders on Agric Development by newspeak October 11, 2018 0 The Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on Thursday called on Agricultural Research Institutes and other stakeholders to come ...
Oyo partners IITA on Agric summit (SEE DETAILS) by Patrick Akpu October 7, 2018 0 Oyo State Government will on Thursday and Friday October 11 and 12, 2018 hold an agriculture investment summit with the ...
IITA, AfDB, kick off cassava transformation programme in Taraba by Patrick Akpu September 26, 2018 0 The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it plans to work closely with the Taraba State Government to transform ...