International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is a research organization focused on improving food security and agricultural sustainability in tropical regions, particularly across Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural research institute
international research organization
non-profit organization
affiliation CGIAR
continentServed Africa
country Nigeria
fieldOfWork agricultural economics
agricultural research
agronomy
entomology
food security
natural resource management
plant breeding
plant pathology
sustainable agriculture
tropical agriculture
focus agricultural sustainability
climate-smart agriculture
improving food security
poverty reduction
smallholder farmers
focusCrop banana
cassava
cowpea
maize
plantain
rice
soybean
yam
foundingLocation Ibadan
hasResearchStationIn Cotonou
Dar es Salaam
Ibadan NERFINISHED
Kalambo
Kano
Nairobi
Onne
headquartersCountry Nigeria
headquartersLocation Ibadan
inception 1967
languageOfWork English
legalForm international non-governmental organization
memberOf CGIAR system
missionStatement to offer solutions to hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in the tropics through research and development
operatesIn Benin NERFINISHED
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
regionServed tropical regions
researchApproach capacity development
multidisciplinary research
partnerships with national agricultural research systems
researchOutput improved crop varieties
integrated pest management technologies
soil fertility management practices
shortName IITA
website https://www.iita.org/

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ibadan
hasInstitution
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ("IITA")
shortName
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ("https://www.iita.org/")
website

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