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Dual-purpose cowpea
In the late 1980s, there was an increase in the production of cowpea by around US$650 million annually in Nigeria alone....

New soybean for Africa
Before IITA was set up in Ibadan, high-yielding soybean cultivars from the USA could not be grown in Africa without what...
Looking back: Battling the Cassava Mosaic Virus
In 1971, Dr S.K. Hahn arrived in the IITA campus in Ibadan to establish a Root and Tuber Improvement Program. However,...