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IITA in the News 2009
31 December 2009
Archived IITA in the News (2009)

29 December 2009 ThisDay: Agric Sector in 2009: Plenty Motion without Progress
Quoting statistics from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), NABDA said out of the 500,000 metric tonnes annual consumption only, a paltry 50,000 metric tonnes are produced locally by Nigerian farmers.
29 December 2009 AgriFeeds blog: Mobile phones fight disease and poverty
The project was a collaborative effort involving the Grameen Foundation, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Uganda’s National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO), MTN Public Access Uganda, AGCommons, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
29 December 2009 Tribune: Agricultural research reduces poverty in sub-Saharan Africa- Study
The study, anchored by Drs. Arega Alene and Ousmane Coulibaly of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), found that payoffs from agricultural research are impressive with an estimated aggregate rate of return of 55 per cent.

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