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Nigeria will consider a partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to enhance agricultural practices that would produce enough food security in the country. Shettima told the IITA delegation led by the…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said it will soon ban the use of Paraquat and Atrazine products by farmers. The agency said it would mount evidence that the products hurt applicators and the…

Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Olusegun Obasanjo and Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Saturday commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan— an…

The Federal Government has called on the people of Ogoniland to remain peaceful and avoid taking actions capable of delaying the clean-up in oil-impacted communities in the area. Dr Marvin Dekil, the Project Coordinator, Hydrocarbon…

By DAVID OLADIMEJI The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga has said that the collaboration between IITA and Sudan will put smiles on the faces of farmers in the northern…

A former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians need to worry about the country’s changing demography driven by rapid growth in population coupled with a stagnant and in some cases retrogressing agricultural…

An agriprenuer at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Mrs Bose Idowu, on Monday assured farmers and citizens that producing, preserving beans can be natural without application of sniper. According to her,…

The African Development Bank through its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme is targeting to increase aquaculture production in Africa by five million tonnes by 2025. Dr Chrysantus Akem, the TAAT…

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and IITA on Thursday kick-started a technology improvement system to increase agricultural yields in the country. Mr. Aliyu…

The Confined Field Trial (CFT) currently being carried out on transgenic cassava at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, is completely safe, says Dr Anna Carluccio, a scientist. Carluccio, who is a member…