Today, IITA Tanzania hosted US Senator Cory Booker and delegation, showcasing impactful US government-funded projects focusing on BBTV and Aflatoxin management through USAIDTanzania and Dept. of Agriculture . The visit highlighted efforts to enhance food security and safety in Africa

Clerisse Casinga IITA PlantVillage Katherine Lopez AALI African Agricultural Leadership Institute Ismahane Elouafi Lava Kumar Simeon Ehui Bernard Vanlauwe David Hughes Everlyne Wosula Rudolph Shirima Nice work 👍🏼

🇳🇬 Naija Roots n Tubers 🥔 Wonderful meeting the dynamic research team of NRCRI UMUDIKE to hatch plans together for research innovations that will remove bottlenecks in seed systems of root & tuber crops, such as #cassava and #yam. Lots of progress to talk about #PROSSIVA

🌿🇹🇿 Cassava Brain. 🚜🌱 Outcomes from #cassava #Tanzania breeding/seed brainstorming 🔴Breeders are pursuing product profile market-driven approach 🟡Planning for systematic disease degeneration monitoring 🔵Farmers also need high quality seed of market-demanded local landraces

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🌿Quality Seed Pays 💰 Cassava viruses severely impact yields in #Tanzania 🇹🇿 & are propagated when farmers recycle seed. But, a new study by IITA's Juma Yabeja has demonstrated that planting Certified Seed can increase yields by more than 80% #PROSSIVA t.ly/bd0m6

🌿 Cassava Seed 🌿 Anna Macha, a cassava seed entrepreneur, has high quality seed for sale in Bagamoyo, Tanzania 🇹🇿 Of her 3 varieties - Kiroba, Chereko & Kizimbani - Kiroba is most preferred by buyers for its high yield, early maturity (6-10 months) & sweet taste MEDA

🌿🇧🇷 Brazil - Tz 🇹🇿 🌿 This week, #IITA, #TARI, #MEDA & partners are delighted to welcome a team from EMBRAPA & SEBRAE, northern Brazil, to #Tanzania to share experiences in #cassava production, seed systems, processing & entrepreneurship 🇧🇷'Bem-vindo equipe Brasil'🇧🇷 Embrapa

Happening now🗣️📢 A study tour for smallholder farmers to impart knowledge on banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) disease and its prevention in Uganda, led by MAAIF 🇺🇬 IITA NARO Uganda George Mahuku AU-IAPSC Awareness about the disease is key to #StopBBTV spread in Africa

Seed quality of vegetatively propagated crops (#VPCs) is an essential component in disease management. @TOSCI inspectors undertook a training organised by PROSSIVA to enable them to effectively inspect and certify #EGS #Bananas aiming to combat #BBTV in Tz. IITA

IITA is conducting willingness to pay study for cassava seed (cuttings/stems) Salama Kati ward in Bunda District, Mara Region, Tanzania. People place bids for the cassava cuttings displayed on the table. The bids so far indicate that improved cassava varieties are in high demand.

Very innovative!

🌍🍌📢 Towards a biocontrol solution to reduce aphid vector-assisted spread of the banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), using the Cameroonian entomopathogen fungal isolates IITA AU-IAPSC IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

What’s happening? We’re trying to figure out how to weigh a ginormous #cassava root from cassava line 504 of the parallel breeding/cassava seed degeneration trial at Chambezi, Bagamoyo, #Tanzania 504 shows strong resistance to CBSD & CMD.

💥IITA-Work Planning week, is a time 4 his committed researchers to Refresh, Rethink & Recharge 4 boosting transformation of African Agriculture.Time 4 young research careers to interact with seniors 4 mentoring & inspirations.Already exited to attend the event at our HQ💥

💥🪲📡🛰️Poster Presentations under Great Team Spirit & Mentoring: Experience and knowledge sharing with our Senior Scientists & peers remain the pillar in Strengthening IITA research projects and connected programs in our Quest of transforming African agriculture!🚜🧬🔬💥

The Plantvillage Application is the vital tool supporting farmers and extension officers in diagnosis and managing crop diseases. Special thanks to Penn state university and IITA for developing this innovative technology .

Occurrence and Distribution of Major Cassava Pests and Diseases in Cultivated Cassava Varieties in Western Kenya mdpi.com/2957296 #mdpiviruses via Viruses MDPI

16th ISPVE 2025: ispve2025.com #Viruses and their vectors remain a major global challenge to #crop production. Over 200 congregate in #São Paulo, Brazil, to discuss progress, share experiences, and map the way forward to address this global challenge. IITA