
IITA
@iita_cgiar
Africa's leading research partner in finding solutions to hunger & poverty🌽
2018 Africa Food Prize Winner🌍
Transforming African agriculture since 1967.
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Our leaders must lead with vision—and courage. By prioritizing agriculture, we can unleash Africa’s potential and shape our own development path. For more info, read the fully commentary below I co-authored with HE President Julius Maada Bio HE Governor Seyi Makinde and Dr.



Over 540 #youngfarmers in #Abuja received #agri-inputs & equipment from the YAS-IITA Project, supported by Netherlands 🇳🇱 in Nigeria 🇳🇬. From fish feed to hybrid seeds, this #support helps youth #expand agribusinesses, create #jobs & drive sustainable #foodsystems. #YAS_22 #YouthInAgribusiness





On 29 May 2025 in Abidjan, during the 7th edition of SARA Fair, Ecowas - Cedeao, through its Rice Observatory (ERO), organized a side event on: Improving local rice processing to strengthen competitiveness in West Africa, from paddy to market. Read more: bit.ly/415NXGL





🌱 Want to invest smarter? There‘s a TAAT for that! TAAT e-catalogs link you to scalable tech with real business value. Find solutions by activity: ●Improved varieties: e-catalogs.taat-africa.org/com/technologi… ●Input: e-catalogs.taat-africa.org/com/technologi… ●Processing technologies: e-catalogs.taat-africa.org/com/technologi…




#Koulikoro🇲🇱 Joint teams from WFP Mali, ICRISAT, World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) & IITA visited communities👪in Tamani Soba village. WFP-supported smallholder farmers shared successes, challenges, & hopes. A visit to build sustainable solutions, resilience and move closer to #ZeroHunger


🌱 Anticipate. Respond. Protect. West & Central Africa is strengthening its response to #pest and #disease outbreaks. From July 21–22 in Cotonou, CORAF, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, #AICCRA & #BIORISKS project held a regional workshop to roll out the new regional contingency plan.


🍽️ 🌍🌐This new book, edited by Keith Wiebe and Elisabetta Gotor, presents a collection of short chapters on the current state of knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems: 📘 ifpri.org/ifpri-book/wha… 🔗Download #OpenAccess: hdl.handle.net/10568/175019 📹


#TAATMaize Compact, led by AATF Africa, in partnership with the private sector, is holding a two-week-long farmer intensive learning and demonstrations all over our intervention sites in western Kenya. Join us! We are in Siaya tomorrow! #TAATinKenya #TechnologyShowcase #WEMA


