Former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and IITA researcher, Akinwumi Adesina, was formally inaugurated as President of the African Development Bank (BAD) on 1 September at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Directeur général de l'IITA Nteranya Sanginga graced the investiture ceremony as a mark of solidarity with the AfDB, which provides funds to IITA to support numerous projects. Recently, the Bank funded IITA’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 (ATASP-1) project designed to help create additional income opportunities for many producers and entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector in Nigeria, and provide about 120,000 jobs along the value chain of priority commodities with a particular focus on young men and women.
During his speech at the inauguration, the new President pledged to“exp and opportunities and unlock potentials―for countries, for women, for the youth, for the private sector, for the continent. Adesina also vowed to vigorously pursue and implement five priorities as AfDB President.They are: Light Up and Power Africa; Feed Africa; Integrate Africa; Industrialize Africa; and Improve quality of life for Africans.
As Minister of Agriculture, Adesina was instrumental in promoting research outputs from IITA especially in the cassava transformation project of Nigeria and also supporting the Jeunes agripreneurs de l'IITA to tackle youth unemployment in Africa. Adesina had commended the Institute for developing many improved technologies which have brought about transformation in the crop production systems across sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, he cited IITA’s interventions on cassava, maize, soybean, and aflasafeTM, the biological control product for aflatoxin management, as pivotal in transforming economies across Africa.
IITA intends to continue to synergize efforts with the Bank towards achieving food security and lifting millions of Africans out of poverty.
Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :
Katherine Lopez, responsable de la communication au siège de l'IITA, K.Lopez@cgiar.org
À propos de l'IITA www.iita.org
L'IITA est l'un des principaux partenaires de recherche au monde pour trouver des solutions à la faim, à la malnutrition et à la pauvreté. Son approche primée de recherche pour le développement (R4D) répond aux besoins de développement des pays tropicaux. L'IITA travaille avec des partenaires pour améliorer la qualité et la productivité des cultures, réduire les risques pour les producteurs et les consommateurs, et générer de la richesse à partir de l'agriculture. L'IITA est une organisation à but non lucratif fondée en 1967 au Nigéria et régie par un Conseil d'administration. L'IITA travaille sur les cultures suivantes : le niébé, le soja, la banane/banane plantain, l'igname, le manioc et le maïs. Il est membre du CGIAR, un partenariat mondial de recherche agricole pour un avenir sûr sur le plan alimentaire.
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