International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Africa has complex problems that plague agriculture and people’s lives. We develop agricultural solutions with our partners to tackle hunger and poverty. Our award winning research-for-development (R4D) is based on focused, authoritative thinking anchored on the development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. We work with partners in Africa and beyond to reduce producer and consumer risks, enhance crop quality and productivity, and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is an international non-profit R4D organization since 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and supported primarily by the CGIAR
Address
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
PMB 5320 Ibadan
Phone: +234 2 7517472
email: iita(@)cgiar.org
Activities:
- Research
Networks:
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Coordinated projects
- Banana tissue culture: community dissemination pathways for delivery of high quality planting material to create markets for African farmers Details of Banana tissue culture: community dissemination pathways for delivery of high quality planting material to create markets for African farmers
- International Workshop on 'IPM in a changing world - innovative pathways towards food security and food safety' Details of International Workshop on 'IPM in a changing world - innovative pathways towards food security and food safety'
- Managing micro-organisms to enhance plant health for sustainable banana production in Eastern Africa Details of Managing micro-organisms to enhance plant health for sustainable banana production in Eastern Africa
- Physiological Mechanisms and their Variability for Drought Tolerance in Cassava Details of Physiological Mechanisms and their Variability for Drought Tolerance in Cassava
- Soil conservation options in the Savanna of West-Africa: new approaches to assess their potential Details of Soil conservation options in the Savanna of West-Africa: new approaches to assess their potential
- Soil conservation options to improve food securityin the Savanna of West Africa: Application of radionuclide technology Details of Soil conservation options to improve food securityin the Savanna of West Africa: Application of radionuclide technology
Involved in research projects:
- Less loss, more profit, better health: reducing the losses caused by the pod borer (Maruca vitrata) on Vegetable legumes in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa by refining component technologies of a sustainable management strategy Details of Less loss, more profit, better health: reducing the losses caused by the pod borer (Maruca vitrata) on Vegetable legumes in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa by refining component technologies of a sustainable management strategy
- Novel integrated strategies for worldwide mycotoxin reduction in the food and feed chains (MYCORED) Details of Novel integrated strategies for worldwide mycotoxin reduction in the food and feed chains (MYCORED)