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16 July 2010 Science Blog: Scientists mount a ’sting operation’ in Thailand to tackle a devastating pest outbreak
In mounting the emergency campaign, Thai scientists consulted with two organizations — the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) branch in Benin and the Colombia-based CIAT.
16 July 2010 Daily Independent: Niger Delta: Fledgling Investor’s Paradise (1)
Dr. Peter Hartmann, Director-General of the Ibadan-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), also pointed out that although Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, its agricultural assets are more powerful than oil.
16 July 2010 Physorg.com: Scientists gathering in Dakar to assess threats to the survival and production of cowpea
"Black-eyed peas have been largely neglected despite their multiple benefits and the fact that developing new, high-yield varieties could boost farm incomes by as much as 50 percent while improving household nutrition," said Hartmann, director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)...
16 July 2010 First Science News: Scientists gathering in Dakar to assess threats to the survival and production of cowpea
"Black-eyed peas have been largely neglected despite their multiple benefits and the fact that developing new, high-yield varieties could boost farm incomes by as much as 50 percent while improving household nutrition," said Hartmann...
16 July 2010 Earth Times: South American wasps to be let loose on Thailand's cassava crop
CIAT and the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) carried out a similar wasp-led campaign in Africa in the 1980s, staving off a major food security catastrophe.
16 July 2010 Physorg.com: Scientists mount a 'sting operation' in Thailand to tackle a devastating pest outbreak
In mounting the emergency campaign, Thai scientists consulted with two organizations - the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) branch in Benin and the Colombia-based CIAT.
16 July 2010 Senegal Business: Pour réfléchir sur les menaces qui pèsent sur la filière : Dakar va abriter une réunion de chercheurs sur le Niébé
...Des centaines d’experts venus du monde entier vont se réunir à Dakar du 27 septembre au 1er octobre 2010 dans le cadre de la 5ème conférence des recherches sur le niébé, annonce un communiqué de presse de l’Institut international d’agriculture tropicale (IITA).
14 July 2010 Compass Newspaper: IITA donates equipment to FUTA
Thanks to research equipment valued at N10 million donated to the ivory tower by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan.
13 July 2010 Tribune: Take farming as business, make millions -IITA Expert
This statement was made by Paul Ilona, IITA Cassava expert, while speaking with Tribune Agriculture recently in his office.
13 July 2010 Scientific Frontline: Developing Weed Resistance in Corn Hybrids
Scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in partnership... investigated the relationship between the genetic diversity of maize inbred lines having different levels of resistance to Striga and the performance of their hybrids under parasite infestation

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