Radio IITA

23/07/2025

🌟📚✨ Star Kids Spotlight: 𝐈𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐮 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐣𝐢 Talks Nematodes! ✨📚🌟
Our RadioIITA Star Kids series keeps getting better!

In this third highlight, meet 𝐈𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐮 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐣𝐢 from Heroic Innovators Schools, Tose, Moniya., one of the brilliant young minds from our annual Children’s Day event.

In her video, Itunu reminds us about an important lesson she learned: the impact of nematodes on our food systems and why we must protect our crops for healthy harvests and food security. 🌾🥦

When kids connect science to real life, we know we’re planting seeds for a smarter, safer future!

Watch, share, and let’s keep learning with our Star Kids!

22/07/2025

🎙️ It’s time for 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 on our partner station !

📢 This week, we’re spotlighting a powerful force in agriculture: women-led innovation!

Join us as Olamide Nwanze, Senior Research Associate with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) -CGIAR IITA Cassava Breeding, leads the conversation on: “Women at the Heart of Agricultural Innovation.”

This is more than a feature — it’s a celebration of the brains, hands, and hearts driving transformation in African agriculture.

🔍 What should listeners, farmers, and changemakers expect?

• ✅ How women researchers, farmers, and entrepreneurs are shaping smarter, more inclusive agricultural systems

• ✅ Stories of innovation led by women — from lab to land

• ✅ Why gender-inclusive research leads to better results for food security and communities

• ✅ The ripple effect: how empowering women boosts household nutrition, income, and resilience

• ✅ Real opportunities for young women to lead in science, agribusiness, and technology

Did you know? Studies show that closing the gender gap in agriculture could increase food production in developing countries .

🎧 Whether you’re a policy-maker, farmer, student, or just curious — this episode will leave you inspired and informed.

📻 Don’t miss this engaging conversation about how women aren’t just part of the story — they’re writing the future of agriculture.

CGIAR
CGIAR IITA Cassava Breeding
IITA Benin Officiel
IITA TV

19/07/2025

🌳🐾✨ Star Kids Spotlight: Newman Opebiyi on Conservation! ✨🐾🌳

Our RadioIITA Star Kids series continues with another powerful voice!

Meet 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐲𝐢 from Kings Junior Academy, Ibadan - KJA, one of the bright young minds who participated in our annual Children’s Day competition on May 27, 2025.

In this second video, Newman reminds us why we must protect our trees and animals to help our environment thrive and secure a better future for everyone. 🌍💚

It’s incredible to see such passion for conservation from our young stars!
Watch, share, and join us in amplifying little voices with big lessons.

CGIAR International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) King's International College Moniya, Ibadan. Heroic Innovators Schools, Tose, Moniya. IITA Forest Center

18/07/2025

📣 Calling All Plantain and Banana Farmers! 📻🍌🌿

Join us virtually for the Farmers Outreach, in partnership with the Plantain/Banana Breeding Program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

📅 Date: July 25, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM (WAT)
📍 Venue: Communication Meeting Room, IITA

This session will equip our plantain and banana farmers with practical skills and knowledge to boost their production. Learn from experts, ask questions, and connect with fellow farmers!

🌐 Visit www.radio.iita.org for more info.
📡 Radio IITA 88.5 FM – Knowledge for Agriculture

Together with science, we can!

Stay tuned for more info.

CGIAR CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy 2030 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) IITA TV Roots, Tubers and Bananas Breeding - CGIAR

17/07/2025

Star Kids Spotlight! 🌟

We’re happy to launch our Star Kids video series – 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬!

This series highlights children from four of the six schools we visited who participated in the annual Children's Day competition.

First up: meet our bright Star Kid, 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐧 from 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, as he shares the lessons learned🌍💚
Stay tuned, more inspiring voices from other schools will follow in the coming days!

CGIAR UNICEF International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) IITA Forest Center IITA TV Wild Africa SaintMark's Animal Hospital
Aflasafe Heroic Innovators Schools, Tose, Moniya. ILRI Dada Bamise Katherine Lopez

17/07/2025

15/07/2025

🎙️ It’s time for 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 on our partner station !

📢 Tune in as Rachel Abioye, Research Supervisor at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), unpacks the topic:

“Cassava Flour: Transforming Roots to Riches.”

This isn’t just another talk — it’s a deep dive into how cassava, a common root crop, is being reimagined through science and innovation.

🔍 What should listeners, farmers, and food processors watch out for?

• ✅ How improved cassava varieties boost flour yield and quality
• ✅ What processing techniques can reduce waste and increase profit
• ✅ How science is making cassava flour more competitive in local and global markets
• ✅ What this means for nutrition, food security, and your pocket!
• ✅ Opportunities for agribusiness and value addition for youth and women

🌱 Whether you grow cassava, process it, or simply eat it — this session is for YOU.

📻 Don’t miss this insightful episode showing how science is creating better livelihoods from the ground up!

CGIAR IITA Cassava Breeding
IITA TV
CGIAR
Radio IITA
IITA Benin Officiel

14/07/2025

🌼 On IITA Origins Today! 🌼

Join us as we dive into the vibrant world of the Common Grass Yellow butterfly — its unique characteristics, behaviors, and features take center stage 🦋

🎙️ Hosted by Kathrine Ilona, this episode promises to be both enlightening and inspiring for nature lovers and curious minds alike!

🕒 Tune in at 3PM TODAY
📻 Listen live via radio.iita.org

Don’t miss it! 💛

14/07/2025

🌰 How Much Does It Sell For? with Katherine Ilona— LIVE Today at 11:00 AM!

On this episode, we’re diving deep into one of Nigeria’s most valuable nuts — CASHEW!

🎙️ Joining us is a Food and Nutrition expert Dr. Nwaoliwe Gregory , who will be sharing key insights on:

✅ The current market price of cashew

✅ Where to buy and sell cashew profitably

✅ Its incredible nutritional and health benefits

✅ Opportunities across the value chain — and much more!

Whether you’re in agribusiness, health and nutrition, or simply love learning something new — this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

📍 Listen live at radio.iita.org or tune in to 88.5 FM at 11:00 AM.

Let’s talk cashew — from farm to market to your table.

10/07/2025

🌿 Conservation Focus in partnership with Wild Africa | World Zoonoses Day Special 🌿

Did you know that over 60% of new infectious diseases come from animals? This week on Conservation Focus, we mark World Zoonoses Day by unpacking how diseases cross from animals to humans and what it means for YOU.

Join our host Dajie Abang-Odok and Afrihealth for Social Development and Impact Executive Director, Dr. Yahya Disu as they discuss:
✅ What zoonotic diseases are
✅ How bushmeat trade raises the risk
✅ How deforestation affects disease spread
✅ Practical steps to stay safe while conserving wildlife
✅ Safer alternatives for communities that depend on wild meat

👉 Tune in this Thursday, 2:30 PM (WAT) on Radio IITA 88.5 FM or stream online: www.radio.iita.org

Together, we can protect nature and ourselves! 🌍

CGIAR International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) IITA Forest Center IITA TV