GHANA

The AfricaYam project focuses on genetic improvement of two major cultivated yam species which are white yam (Dioscorea rotundata), which is native to West Africa, and water yam (D. alata) which originated from the Asia/Pacific region. The project is led by IITA and involves a network of research organizations in the four main producer countries of the yam belt: the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) in Nigeria; two research institutes under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Ghana (the Crops Research Institute and the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute; le Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Côte d'Ivoire; and l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Dassa Center, Benin... AfricaYam phase II started in September 2020 and will focus, over the next 30 months, on further modernizing the yam breeding programs in West Africa. It will entail implementation of breeding strategies for the development..

Primary location: Ibadan Nigeria