This document summarizes questions asked during a Q&A session on crop breeding and biotechnology at IITA. The questions covered several topics: 1) Questions were asked about IITA's work on rapid propagation of yam seed, biotechnology capabilities, pre-breeding activities, and enhancing crop productivity to meet poverty reduction targets. 2) Questions also addressed IITA's genebank data management systems, including security measures, germplasm distribution capacity, and data collection apps. 3) Recent advances in phenotyping drought tolerant and Striga resistant maize were discussed, along with collaboration across IITA stations and developing heat/drought tolerant orange maize. 4) Challen