The Alliance works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the
Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR,
a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing
food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is an international non-profit research-fordevelopment (R4D) organization created in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and
supported primarily by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
IITA’s R4D is anchored on the development needs of Sub-Saharan Africa and develops agricultural
solutions with partners to tackle hunger and poverty by reducing producer and consumer risks,
enhancing crop quality and productivity, and generating wealth from agriculture.
