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Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Nigeria
(2014)The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project was initiated to assess and understand the yam-based systems in order to identify the opportunities of interventions that could potentially help to increase productivity in the region. The project consists of two phases: the inception phase and impact study phase. During the inception phase, a baseline study was conducted in different yam-growing communities aggregated on agroecological zoning into the southern Guinea ... -
IITA Annual Report 2013
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Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Ghana
(2014)The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project was initiated to assess and understand yam-based systems in order to identify the opportunities of interventions that could potentially help to increase productivity in the region. The project consists of two phases: the inception and impact study phase. During the inception phase, a baseline study was conducted in different yam-growing communities aggregated on agroecological zoning into southern Guinea savanna ... -
Mid-term and cost-benefit study of smallholder farmers in Striga-Infested maize and cowpea growing areas of Northern Nigeria
(2014)The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) provided a 4-year financial support to the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and other partners in 2011 to adapt and intensively promote proven integrated Striga management strategies in cowpea and maize farming systems in northern Nigeria and western Kenya, with the active participation of farmers, community-based organizations, extension workers, policy makers, and researchers. The objective of the project is to improve the ... -
Physical and sensory properties of biofortified fresh yellow maize: varietal and harvesting time effects on physical and sensory properties of biofortified fresh yellow maize
(2015)The effects of processing and harvesting time on the physical and sensory characteristics of micronutrient biofortified yellow maize varieties have been investigated using standard procedures. Freshly harvested eight biofortified yellow maize hybrids and eight open pollinated varieties (OPV) with various endosperm textures were used for this research. Selected fresh harvested yellow maize ears at three maturity stages (20, 27 and 34 days after pollination) were boiled and roasted with or without ... -
Genetically engineered crops in developing countries
(2015)Alleviation of poverty in developing countries continues to be the main target for scientists as well as administrators. Genetically engineered (GE) crops initially were developed to benefit large scale commercial outfits. They are currently grown on 175 million ha and more than 50% of this is contributed by developing countries. Private sector continues to be the major player in bringing out the GE products with pest resistance, high yield and improved quality. It was shown in the paper that the ... -
Common butterflies of IITA
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Biotechnology in Musa Improvement
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Guidelines for innovation platforms in agricultural research for development: decision support for research, development and funding agencies on how to design, budget and implement impactful innovation platforms
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Wageningen University, 2017-06) -
Practical plant nematology: a field and laboratory guide
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2014) -
Cassava farmers' preferences for varieties and seed dissemination system in Nigeria: gender and regional perspectives
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2017-02)The Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) project was funded by the CGIAR-RTB Program and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The main goal was to carry out a study on cassava adoption and diffusion patterns in Nigeria. This includes explaining why farmers are adopting certain varieties and describing preference differences across regions and gender. This specific study and report is part of Component IV of the broader CMS Project, and it covered gender-differentiated, end-user surveys on varietal and ... -
Mango cultivation in Benin
(Studium Press LLC, 2012)The mango tree is rustic and voluminous; it provides both a food staple and protection. In northern-central Benin, as in other similar agro-ecological zones in neighboring countries, the mango serves as a fruit crop and as a subsistence crop for family farms. As it ripens at the end of the dry season and at the start of the rainy season, the mango is a fundamental source of nutrition for rural populations living in the Soudano-Sahelian regions of West Africa: it is rich in potassium, alphacarotene, ...