IITA: Sustainable systems

Reference Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	1987
Contributors	Author: Anonymous
Journal	African Farming
Pagination	50-51
Date Published	09/1987
Language	English
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Collection Topic	Agroforestry Ecology Ethnobotany Soil Sustainable Agriculture
Keywords	soils sustainable agriculture rice sorghum millet maize cowpeas cereals cereal food imports food aid wheat barley cassava yams plantains alley cropping indigenous crops agricultural extension seeds seed yam strategic planning study green revolution agroforestry farming systems research
Abstract	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.
Short Title	IITA