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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...


Mignouna, Djana B.Abdoulaye, TahirouAlene, A.Asiedu, RobertManyong, Victor M.[Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Ghana]Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Ghana

In Nigeria, increased land-use intensity has depressed the use of fallow for soil fertility restoration. Crop yields have fallen, threatening food security. High cost limits farmers’ access to fertilizers. Reliance on crop-livestock interaction is plausible because animals provide manure. This pa...


Chianu, J.N.Tsujii, H.Manyong, Victor M.[Crop-livestock interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: nature and determinants of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance]Crop-livestock interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: nature and determinants of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance

This paper evaluates the impact of an emergency research for development project implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2000 to 2009 by a various actors including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in response to the outbreak of the Cassava Mosaic Disease that threa...


Rusike, J.Mahungu, N.M.Lukombo, S.S.Kendenga, T.Bidiaka, S.M.Alene, A.Lema, A.Manyong, Victor M.[The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo]The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and its research-for-development partners have made substantial contributions to food security, poverty reduction and environmental protection in sub-Saharan Africa. Technologies developed and largely diffused include high yielding variet...


Nkamleu, G.B.Coulibaly, O.Sanogo, D.Manyong, Victor M.Alene, Arega D.[Ex post impact assessment of agricultural research in subSaharan Africa: the IITA experience]Ex post impact assessment of agricultural research in subSaharan Africa: the IITA experience

Cassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about ha...


Dixon, Alfred G.O.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitCoyne, D.L.Ferguson, M.Ferris, R.S.B.Hanna, R.Hughes, J.Ingelbrecht, I.Legg, J.P.Mahungu, N.M.Manyong, Victor M.Mowbray, D.Neuenschwander, P.Whyte, J.Hartmann, P.Ortiz, R.[Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development]Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development
Abele, S.Adejobi, A.Akintola, J.O.Akinyele, I.O.Alene, Arega D.Amaza, P.S.Awotide, D.O.Bamire, A.S.Banea, M.Bashaasha, B.Bila, Y.Coulibaly, O.Demont, M.Dixon, Alfred G.O.Djade, K.Gold, C.Iheanacho, A.C.Ikpi, A.Ingelbrecht, I.Hanna, R.Hell, K.Kalyebara, R.Karugaba, A.Kiiza, B.Kwaghe, P.V.Legg, C.Manyong, Victor M.Msheliza, S.K.Muchopa, C.Nabuye, A.Nahimana, G.Nankinga, C.Neuenschwander, P.Ntawuruhunga, PheneasObiero, H.Odendo, M.Ojiako, I.O.Okech, S.Olarinde, L.O.Sanusi, I.O.Sibanda, Lindiwe MajeleSingh, B.B.Tapilda, A.Tollens, E.Tushemereirwe, W.K.Asten, Piet J.A. vanVercauteren, K.[Project C: Assessing impact, formulating policy options, and systems analysis]Project C: Assessing impact, formulating policy options, and systems analysis
Abass, A.Abele, S.Andrade, M.Asten, Piet J.A. vanCoyne, D.L.Dochez, C.Dubois, T.Gerguson, M.Fermont, A.Ferris, S.Gold, C.Hanna, R.Khizzah, B.Kanju, E.Kolijn, S.Legg, J.P.Mahungu, N.M.Manyong, Victor M.Muchopa, C.Nankinga, C.Niere, B.Ntawuruhungu, P.Okech, S.Pillay, M.Ragama, P.E.Tenkouano, A.Toko, M.Wendt, J.Whyte, J.[Project D: promoting food security and income generation through sustainable production and commercialization of starchy and grain staples in eastern and southern Africa]Project D: promoting food security and income generation through sustainable production and commercialization of starchy and grain staples in eastern and southern Africa

Like all public organizations concerned with research for development, IITA aims to contribute to poverty reduction goals in the developing world through improved agricultural technologies. IITA’s refreshed strategy articulates a major target of lifting 11 million people out of poverty by 2020. T...


Rusike, J.Abdoulaye, TahirouAlene, A.Ainembabazi, John H.Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.Coulibaly, O.Gockowski, J.Manyong, Victor M.[Towards a research agenda on tracking the contribution of agricultural research to poverty reduction in Africa: the case of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture]Towards a research agenda on tracking the contribution of agricultural research to poverty reduction in Africa: the case of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

The International Institute of Agriculture (IITA) is among the major suppliers of genetic materials to national agricultural research and extension systems in West and Central Africa for the development of improved maize varieties. This paper presents the results of a survey of the impact of germ...


Manyong, Victor M.Kling, J.Makinde, K.Ajala, S.Menkir, A.[Impact of IITA improved germplasm on maize production in West and Central Africa]Impact of IITA improved germplasm on maize production in West and Central Africa

Since its foundation in 1967, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has worked, in partnership with national agricultural research systems in sub-Saharan Africa, on the improvement of cassava and dissemination of improved cassava germplasm. This paper describes the impact of ...


Bokanga, M.Makinde, K.Dixon, A.Whyte, J.Manyong, Victor M.[The contribution of IITA improved cassava to food security in subSaharan Africa: an impact study]The contribution of IITA improved cassava to food security in subSaharan Africa: an impact study

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