{"id":12740,"date":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/young-researchers-at-iita-win-prestigious-itoca-teeal-2015-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","slug":"young-researchers-at-iita-win-prestigious-itoca-teeal-2015-awards","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/young-researchers-at-iita-win-prestigious-itoca-teeal-2015-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Young researchers at IITA win prestigious ITOCA\/TEEAL 2015 awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two young researchers are making IITA proud. They won the Information Training  and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA)  and the Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) research paper competition, 2015-PhD category for West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olutayo Talabi, a Research Associate in IITA\u2019s Maize Program  and a former IITA Research Fellow, won first prize with his research paper on<em> Genetic variability  and intertrait relationships in maize under drought  and low soil nitrogen environments<\/em>, while Olubunmi Ibitoye, an IITA Research Fellow in the cowpea breeding unit, was awarded second prize for her work on <em>Performance of cowpea<\/em> [Vigna unguiculata (<em>L.<\/em>) <em>Walp hybrids under drought induced  and well-watered conditions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this round of the competition, entries were judged from two regions, East Africa  and West Africa, for papers which fell in either the PhD or MSc categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel of judges ranked the <a href=\"http:\/\/itoca.org\/node\/2442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submissions<\/a> from the IITA researchers as best among many others from researchers in West. The second  and final round of the competition will be between the top three winners from East Africa  and the top three from West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_10330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10330\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olutayo-Talabi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10330\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olutayo-Talabi.jpg\" alt=\"olutayo-talabi\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">olutayo-talabik<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a Research Fellow between January 2012  and March 2013, Olutayo conducted his M.Phil thesis research under the joint supervision of IITA scientist, Baffour Badu-Apraku,  and Prof Fakorede of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The award-winning paper by Olutayo was part of his M.Phil research conducted at IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_10332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10332\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olubunmi-Ibitoye.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10332\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olubunmi-Ibitoye.jpg\" alt=\"olubunmi-ibitoye\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">olubunmi-ibitoye<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olubunmi conducted her research under the supervision of Ousmane Boukar  and Christian Fatokun. She is a PhD c andidate with the West Africa Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana.<\/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>Two young researchers are making IITA proud. 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