An early warning system detects and prevents diseases in banana, a key food security crop in Africa. It relies on ...

Climate change poses a threat to the world's subsistence crops. Heatwaves, which are likely to intensify according to climate evolution ...

Cocoyam (Taro and Tannia) is a staple root crop in many developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Despite ...

A staple to about 350 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, cassava, had been declared in 2003 by African Heads of ...

For the past decades, Africa has been grappling with the sustainable diffusion of improved cassava varieties due to a weak ...

A CGIAR-IITA scientist has developed a more cost and time effective molecular diagnostic tool that can accurately identify different subgroups ...

A paper published by a team led by scientists from IITA was among the top 10% most downloaded of all ...

Valued at dining room tables and factory floors alike, cassava is worth about $10 billion in Asia. The continued growth ...

If you don’t know what CGIAR is, stop reading or ask Bill Gates (“you’ve probably never heard of CGIAR, but they are ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A research team developing artificial-intelligence-based solutions for diagnosing and managing threats to crop health has received ...

Farmers rely on seed systems for access to high-quality, disease-free planting material at the start of the season. Good seed ...

Camote (sweet potato) chips, anyone?  How about camote cue, or the simple boiled camote? Did you know there is more ...

Improving access to other key inputs like water and fertilizer, as well as wider technical services such as agricultural machinery, ...

FoodSTART+ Principal Investigator, Diego Naziri, and CIAT Market Access Specialist, Brice Even shared how the partnership between grant projects and ...

Working with international researchers, University of Florida scientists have developed a model that will help protect good seeds, which are ...

"Good bugs, huh?” –farmers and homeowners alike all too often give a blank stare when questioned about the beneficial insects ...

Tubers were the talk of the town in Cusco, Peru during the week of May 27, when the 10th World ...

An international project whose goal is to boost banana production in Tanzania and Uganda brings together a team of international ...

Researchers who developed a new mobile application that uses artificial intelligence to accurately diagnose crop diseases in the field have ...

A long and almost uncrossable distance separates fundamental plant research carried out predominantly in rich countries, and the production of ...

Stakeholders in the seed sector have been advised on the need to work towards a sustainable seed system in Nigeria ...

Millions of Uganda rely on cassava not only for food security but as a means of livelihood. However, an issue ...

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has intensified efforts aimed at preventing the further spread of Banana Bunchy Top ...

A four-year $11.6m project ending 2019 to develop a commercially sustainable cassava seed value chain in Nigeria, was recently launched ...