
IITA Genetic Resources Center
@iitagenebank
Our mission is to collect, conserve, characterize and provide plant genetic resources for crop improvement and global food security.
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http://genebank.iita.org/ 23-10-2020 21:26:18
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Happy International Women's Day💜💜💜💜💜 #BreakTheBias #InternationalWomensDay2022 The Crop Trust IITA CGIAR GENDER 💜💜💜💜💜💜


ICRISAT Genebank moves forward and ships second batch of 20,000 germplasm accessions of Sorghum (15,000) and Pearl millet (5000) to IITA Genetic Resources Center as part of its first-level safety duplication making it total to 40,000 ICRISAT The Crop Trust @RPGeneticGains IITA Arvind Kumar




Thrilled to have AKIN-MADE joining our team in Summer'22 to work on cowpea breeding for heat tolerance (and other cool projects!) for his PhD program in UF/IFAS-PlantBreeding Thanks UF/IFAS-PlantBreeding and FFAR for the support 💰! Welcome, Habib!


I am glad to announce our latest publication by Agronomy MDPI on "Assessing Intraspecific Variability and Diversity in African Yam Bean Landraces Using Agronomic Traits" 👇👇👇 mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/4… MDPI @Unibadan IARSAF-IITA IITA

The Crop Trust IITA Genetic Resources Center RadioIITA The Forgotten Crops Society (FCS) Society for Underutilized Legumes (SUL) Ademola Aina Ukoabasi ekanem Olakunle Sansa Olaide Abimbola Adefiranye Gab Olulakin Adesina Saheed Alarape Adegboyega Taofeek T PhD Joseph Iboyi Dr.Oyatomi Olaniyi Gbemisola Okunlola olusam



The window of opportunity to safeguard the world’s food supply is closing. The longer we leave it, the harder it will be to cope with climate shocks, price spikes and instability, writes our Executive Director Stefan Schmitz for The Independent. More 👉buff.ly/3MwHZVR


As part of the goals of The Crop Trust Seeds for Resilience project to foster exchange programs among International & national genebanks staff, IITA Genetic Resources Center host staff from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria & Zambia national genebank on a 5 days training workshop.


Among the goals of the Seeds for Resilience project is to foster knowledge exchange among #genebanks. This week IITA Genetic Resources Center hosts staff from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria & Zambia national genebanks for a training workshop. More about the project👉bit.ly/3rPPpeE







""Plant genetic resources play crucial role in adaptation & mitigation strategies to ensuring sustainable food security in a changing climate". "IITA Genetic Resources Center works to ensure food crops are safeguarded in perpetuity" - Dr.Oyatomi Olaniyi Post-Doc, IITA-GRC.


An exhibition by inqaba biotec W/A one of IARSAF's devoted supporters, handled by Tunde Bhadmus IITA #IARSAF25thSymposium


Micronutrients evaluation of winged bean seeds conserved in the Genetic Resources Center, IITA. IITA IITA Genetic Resources Center IARSAF-IITA #IARSAF25thSymposium
