IITA Bibliography

IITA Bibliography is a collection of agricultural research publications produced by IITA scientists, research fellows, and students from 1972 to date. The collection includes journal articles, books and book chapters, conference proceedings, training and extension materials, theses, and other publications. IITA conducts research in these thematic areas: biotechnology and plant breeding, natural resource management, social science and agribusiness, plant production and plant health, and nutrition and human health.

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  • Efects of silver nitrate on in vitro development of yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir) plants 

    Oluwasegun, R.Y.; Uchendu, E.E.; Adeyemi, A.; Abberton, M.T. (2024-09-25)
    Yam (Dioscorea spp.) production is constrained by many factors including insufficient planting materials, diseases, and climate change. Plant tissue culture (PTC) offers practical solutions for rapid propagation of many plant types. However, ethylene buildup during PTC is a major challenge to in vitro plant growth and development. This study examined the effects of silver nitrate (AgNO3), a known ethylene action blocker on the in vitro growth and development of four accessions of D. rotundata in ...

  • The challenge of industrialization of a nature-based solution that allows farmers to produce aflatoxin-safe crops in various African countries 

    Kaptoge, L.; Ortega-Beltran, A.; Atehnkeng, J.; Konlambigue, M.; Kamau, J.W.; Bandyopadhyay, R. (2024-12-06)
    In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), many crops are contaminated by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi with highly toxic, carcinogenic aflatoxins. This contamination has severe negative impacts on health, trade, income, and development sectors, hindering progress toward various objectives of most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 2 – Zero Hunger and SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing. Farmers, industries, and governments need sound aflatoxin management strategies to effectively limit aflatoxin ...

  • Exploring farmer’s assessment of soil quality and root yield in cassava-based cropping systems 

    Mesele, S.A.; Soremi, P.S.; Adigun, J.K. (2024-06-28)
    Nigeria. Data were collected on farmers’ demography, farming experience, criteria for selecting a site for cassava cultivation and preferences for those criteria, farmers’ methods of yield prediction and how it compares with the scientific approach, farmers’ agronomic knowledge and how it relates to the realities of climate change and soil fertility decline. The modal age class of the farmers is 45–55 years, and most of the farmers are male. The results show that farmers use a combination of soil ...

  • Signaling quality in informal markets. Evidence from an experimental auction in the Sahel 

    Ricker-Gilbert, J.; Moussa, B.; Abdoulaye, T. (2025-01)
    This study estimates the extent to which rural consumers in sub-Saharan Africa value quality signals about their food. We tested this by implementing an incentive-compatible Becker-Degroot Marschak auction among consumers in Niger and Northern Nigeria to estimate their willingness to pay (WTP) for cowpea (blackeyed pea) that was stored and sold in an improved grain storage bag that signaled unobservable quality in the form of insecticide-free grain. The improved bag had two inner layers of ...

  • Expert validation of the intrinsic productivity growth rates for cowpea in West & Central Africa 

    Mjuma, A.; Gbegbelegbe, S.; Alene, A. (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024-12)

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