TY - JOUR T1 - IITA: Sustainable systems JF - African Farming Y1 - 1987 A1 - Anonymous KW - agricultural extension KW - agroforestry KW - alley cropping KW - barley KW - cassava KW - cereal food imports KW - cereals KW - cowpeas KW - farming systems research KW - food aid KW - green revolution KW - indigenous crops KW - maize KW - millet KW - plantains KW - rice KW - seed yam KW - seeds KW - soils KW - sorghum KW - strategic planning study KW - sustainable agriculture KW - wheat KW - yams AB - Bede Nwoye Okigbo, Deputy Director General of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for the last ten years, is one of those rare human beings who has a rich professional life perfectly integrated with his own personality. Several societies and academies have enrolled his talents. His field of specialization is crop ecology and production, but it is hard to find any area of agriculture or botany where Okigbo's profound insight or experience in not equally valid. In this interview, Dr. Okigbo explains how research being carried out at IITA is helping Africa to feed itself. JO - IITA ER -