{"id":12732,"date":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/maximizing-the-african-comparative-advantage-in-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:54","slug":"maximizing-the-african-comparative-advantage-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/maximizing-the-african-comparative-advantage-in-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximizing the African comparative advantage in agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_10299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10299\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DG-Sanginga-speaking-at-the-press-conference-expresses-confidence-in-African-youths.-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10299\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DG-Sanginga-speaking-at-the-press-conference-expresses-confidence-in-African-youths.-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DG Nteranya Sanginga addresses researchers  and staff at IITA during R4D Week 2015.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DG Nteranya Sanginga addresses researchers  and staff at IITA during R4D Week 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s headquarters in Ibadan, discussing new findings  and progress in agricultural research  and how IITA\u2019s science can be better packaged to meet the needs of millions of Africans. The meetings also detail opportunities for sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual meeting, tagged \u201cResearch for Development (R4D) Week\u201d, featured a presentation by <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/sanginga-nteranya-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nteranya Sanginga<\/a>, IITA Director General. Sanginga highlighted IITA\u2019s progress in developing an index for measuring the impact of its projects  and poverty reduction. He also gave a thorough analysis of the Institute\u2019s financial status as well as directions for action in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/our-strategy\/cgiar-research-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CRP<\/a>) planning focusing on CRP Phase 2 by <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/hillbur-ylva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ylva Hillbur<\/a>, DDG Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guest presentations were also delivered by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifpri.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IFPRI<\/a>  and Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa at IFPRI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s Women\u2019s Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katherine Lopez, responsable de la communication au si\u00e8ge de l&#x27;IITA, <a href=\"mailto:K.Lopez@cgiar.org\">K.Lopez@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/strong> www.iita.org<br>L'IITA est l'un des principaux partenaires de recherche au monde pour trouver des solutions \u00e0 la faim, \u00e0 la malnutrition et \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9. Son approche prim\u00e9e de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement (R4D) r\u00e9pond aux besoins de d\u00e9veloppement des pays tropicaux. L'IITA travaille avec des partenaires pour am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 et la productivit\u00e9 des cultures, r\u00e9duire les risques pour les producteurs et les consommateurs, et g\u00e9n\u00e9rer de la richesse \u00e0 partir de l'agriculture. L'IITA est une organisation \u00e0 but non lucratif fond\u00e9e en 1967 au Nig\u00e9ria et r\u00e9gie par un Conseil d'administration. L'IITA travaille sur les cultures suivantes : le ni\u00e9b\u00e9, le soja, la banane\/banane plantain, l'igname, le manioc et le ma\u00efs. Il est membre du CGIAR, un partenariat mondial de recherche agricole pour un avenir s\u00fbr sur le plan alimentaire.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Content Image<\/p>\n<p>30 November 2015<\/p>\n<p>Scientists working in the east, west, central, and southern Africa Hubs of IITA are in the Institute\u2019s headquarters in Ibadan, discussing new findings and progress in agricultural research and how IITA\u2019s science can be better packaged to meet the needs of millions of Africans. 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