February 26, 2026

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African Development Bank Group awards $16.6 million grant to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to scale agricultural technologies in Africa

February 13, 2026

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IITA releases five new soybean varieties in Mozambique

Cowpea: A powerhouse pulse for nutrition, resilience, and sustainable food systems

One crop, three identities: What Bambara groundnut teaches us about the future of pulses

February 9, 2026

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IITA Cameroon collaborates with the Republic of Gabon to strengthen its seed system

January 29, 2026

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Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH): the technology quietly transforming seed production in Nigeria

December 22, 2025

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Unlocking soybean potential with the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Soybean Green Field Day: a field day of innovative production technologies

Jigawa State and IITA are sowing the seeds of agricultural transformation

IITA, WorldVeg, and AfricaRice join forces to strengthen the Gambia’s food security

December 12, 2025

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Empowering breeders: IITA hosts hands-on hybridization training on Bambara groundnut

IITA and Aflalivre reinforce the promotion of Aflasafe to improve food quality in Mozambique

December 3, 2025

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Sharing lessons for soybean breeding in Africa

November 10, 2025

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Unlocking the potential of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) for food security and climate resilience

November 4, 2025

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Celebrating the third cohort of the CRISPR Course for the next generation of African genome editors

October 27, 2025

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Unlocking Liberia’s soybean market potential for economic growth: Four-pillar EU-backed Seeds4Liberia Project set to strengthen seed system

September 26, 2025

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IITA, the International Institute of Tropicl Agriculture, releases 200 improved crop varieties (Peoples Gazette)

September 12, 2025

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Building skills in genome editing for African agriculture

IITA biotech program goes digital, launches genome engineering website

June 27, 2025

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IITA researchers and breeders gain insight into ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology

June 2, 2025

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IITA joins Plant Breeding Innovation Management Program to advance responsible genome editing

May 16, 2025

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Fighting an invisible threat: How IITA’s Aflasafe protects food from aflatoxins

May 2, 2025

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Strengthening Rwanda’s seed traceability and certification processes: IITA and partners build seed inspectors’ capacities

First multi-stress resilient maize hybrid combating tolerance to fall armyworm and drought, with resistance to Striga hermonthica released in Nigeria

April 17, 2025

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Unlocking the future of crop improvement: IITA champions genome editing for African agriculture

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

March 24, 2025

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Bridging the gender gap in maize breeding: A call for inclusive agricultural research in Nigeria

March 17, 2025

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Understanding cowpea anthracnose in Nigeria: new findings on its causal agents

March 11, 2025

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IITA donates seeds and inputs to deepen agricultural partnership with Sierra Leone

February 24, 2025

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Scaling Aflasafe: From lab-based innovation to large-scale aflatoxin mitigation across Africa

February 17, 2025

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Harnessing cowpea and Bambara groundnut for a resilient future