As governments in many African nations make efforts to grow their economies through agriculture, IITA is repositioning its science to meet this increasing dem and. To fully exploit this potential, scientists working in the east, west, central, and southern Africa Hubs of IITA are in the Institute’s headquarters in Ibadan, discussing new findings and progress in agricultural research and how IITA’s science can be better packaged to meet the needs of millions of Africans. The meetings also detail opportunities for sustainability.
The annual meeting, tagged “Research for Development (R4D) Week”, featured a presentation by Nteranya Sanginga, IITA Director General. Sanginga highlighted IITA’s progress in developing an index for measuring the impact of its projects and poverty reduction. He also gave a thorough analysis of the Institute’s financial status as well as directions for action in 2016.
There were also back-to-back presentations by scientists on the different research themes: plant production and plant health, natural resource management, social science crop breeding and biotechnology; lunch seminar on Open Access, intellectual property, and capacity development; poster presentation sessions; a panel debate on seed systems; as well as CGIAR Research Program (CRP) planning focusing on CRP Phase 2 by Ylva Hillbur, DDG Research.
Guest presentations were also delivered by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa at IFPRI.
The week-long R4D week commenced on 23 November and concluded with a town hall meeting led by the CGIAR Board of Trustees Chair Bruce Coulman and a dinner organized by the IITA’s Women’s Group.
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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