Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s lowest level of agricultural mechanization as 65% of farm power is provided by humans. Therefore, the Sustainable Farming Program of the CGIAR...

Increasing breeding efficiency at BRIN

Development of point-of-care in-field molecular diagnostic tool for detection of CBSV in cassava fields

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), under the Food Frontiers and Security Science Program (FFSSP), has been at the forefront of delivering safe,...

A randomized experimental design project to reduce postharvest loss in Nigeria by improving access to innovative postharvest technologies and bundling with market linkages in...

Poor access to well-coordinated and informed advisory services, markets and lack of incentives are some of the factors that affect agricultural production in smallholder farming...

Productive arable land is shrinking in Malawi, exacerbated by population growth, climate change, and land degradation. This compounds the food crop production crisis that is...

Smallholder farmers in Southern Africa, including Malawi, are affected by a myriad of issues that lower their crop and livestock productivity, from climate change, mostly...

Bioassay of parasitoids (natural enemies) of armyworms host range for biological control.

Assessment of aflatoxins and heavy metals in Zingiber officinale (ginger) across the value chain in Kaduna and Oyo states, Nigeria and the use of probiotics for aflatoxin...

A 5-year development project titled; Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP). The project aims to reach 450,000 smallholder farmers and enhance crop production and...

Screening for plantain and banana genotypes for resistance to nematodes

The CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems, also known as Mitigate+, works closely with key actors in the target countries so that they are equipped with the knowledge,...

Timely and accurate data on the extent of croplands and the types of cultivated crops are essential to addressing the food insecurity challenges that many African countries...

Timely and accurate data on the extent of croplands and the types of cultivated crops are essential to addressing the food insecurity challenges that many African countries...

The smallholder farmers’ agri-food system in Malawi faces persistent and new biophysical and socio-economic constraints resulting in low productivity and high production risks,...

In postconflict complex humanitarian situations, there is consensus on the need to “build back better” and support efforts to strengthen resilience among farmer groups...

Testing the susceptibility of entomopathogenic fungi from IITA- Cameroon fungi germplasm( Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae)on pupae of maize fall armyworm

Testing the susceptibility of entomopathogenic fungi from IITA- Cameroon fungi germplasm( Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae)on larvae instar 1-2 of maize fall armyworm.

Testing the susceptibility of entomopathogenic fungi from IITA- Cameroon fungi germplasm( Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae)on larvae instar 5-6 of maize fall armyworm.