The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is an award-winning, research-for-development (R4D) organization, providing solutions to hunger, poverty, and the degradation of natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa. Since 1967, IITA has worked with international and national partners to improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity.
Areas of expertise bringing to the project: world-class specialists within the fields of agronomy, sociology
Role in NEM-EMERGE:
- Different agroecology zones will be assessed in the project to determine the expansion of RKN and PCN nematodes, and test the new resistant tomato varieties, being Kenya one of them. IITA will be leading the activities in this region.
- IITA is contributing to WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4, WP6
