May 23, 2025

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IMIC-Africa Field Day 2025: Where science meets collaboration to accelerate maize innovation in Africa

May 19, 2025

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Examining gendered cassava trait preferences through commercial seed business: a case study of IITA GoSeed and Umudike Seeds in Nigeria (Frontiers)

April 23, 2025

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Farmers' preferences for the next generation of maize hybrids: application of product concept testing in Kenya and Uganda

April 15, 2025

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Unlocking the future of hybrid maize seed production: Rwandan seed companies visit IITA maize breeding research and Nigerian seed companies

April 11, 2025

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Dutch droughts: South Africa and the Netherlands can work together on climate resilience

April 4, 2025

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L'Institut International de Recherche sur les Cultures des Zones Tropicales Semi-Arides (ICRISAT) commémore son 54e anniversaire de fondation au Mali

March 25, 2025

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How silicon turns tomato plants into mean, green, pest-killing machines (ScienceNews)

February 19, 2025

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Stakeholders chart a new course for soybean breeding in Ghana

February 11, 2025

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Kenya - Construction of International Centre for Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Research (ICGEB RRC) kicks off (Kenya News Agency)

January 8, 2025

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International collaboration aims to develop high-yielding pest-and disease-resistant cassava, maize and potatoes - Over 500,000 Rwandan farm households to benefit

December 23, 2024

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IITA reinforces collaboration with new Director General of the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute

December 12, 2024

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Why early-stage on-farm sparse testing could be a game changer for crop breeding in Africa

December 3, 2024

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Zambia Agricultural Research Institute promotes climate-smart agriculture to strengthen research excellence, innovation, and sustainability - ZARI has become a leader in climate-smart agriculture through modernized facilities and strengthened partnerships

November 28, 2024

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New approaches in the fight against bacterial rice disease - Healthy Crops team supports regional solutions in East Africa
Neue Ansätze im Kampf gegen bakterielle Reiskrankheit  - Healthy Crops-Team stärkt regionale Lösungen in Ostafrika

November 20, 2024

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Starke Ayres advances vegetable breeding program through new partnership with Computomics

From data to crops: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (ILCI) researchers advance cowpea breeding in East and Southern Africa

October 18, 2024

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Africa - Scientists intensify crop research for agri-transformation (University World News)

October 9, 2024

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IITA and Pairwise secure $3.8M to boost yam production through gene editing

October 4, 2024

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West and Central African wheat summit: Issues stakeholders brought to the table (Daily Trust)

September 19, 2024

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Breakthroughs in crop breeding that boost food security likely in next 20 years, says global seed sector - Improved seeds and greater acceptance of crop biotechnology are on the horizon, according to a survey of more than 200 seed sector insiders

September 16, 2024

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South African Cultivar and Technology Agency (SACTA) drives new cultivar development in the seed industry through its breeding and technology levy (Farmer's Weekly)

September 5, 2024

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Improving soybean yield through good seed and varieties: Insights from Radio IITA Farmers Outreach 

August 29, 2024

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Enhancing farmer’s crop productivity with resilient maize varieties tailored to their needs - For more than a decade, the participatory regional on-farm trials (ROFT) have involved hundreds of farmers to identify the most suitable new maize hybrids, contributing to CIMMYT’s mandate of tackling food and nutrition insecurity through advanced breeding methods

July 26, 2024

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University of Georgia supports African research network breeding climate-adapted peanuts

July 25, 2024

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Unlocking Zambia’s maize potential through crop diversity - CIMMYT and the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) trial different methods to increase maize productivity

July 9, 2024

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Strengthening the soybean variety development and testing network: IITA hosts collaborative training for West African breeders

July 3, 2024

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Revised market segmentation for spring wheat—achieving alignment between ICARDA and CIMMYT

June 20, 2024

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Building global capacity to combat wheat blast - In collaboration with ZARI and other partners, CIMMYT brought together wheat scientists, researchers, academics, policymakers, and extension agents to address the urgent threat of wheat blast across borders

June 14, 2024

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Zimbabwe - Cutting-edge biotechnology lab opens at Lupane Sate University (The Herald)

Ethiopian researchers travel to India to strengthen knowledge regarding increasing wheat productivity - As part of ADAPT-Wheat, four scientists exposed to the latest technologies, methods, and equipment