{"id":12907,"date":"2026-06-20T12:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-wins-cgiar-08-science-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:48","slug":"iita-wins-cgiar-08-science-awards","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-wins-cgiar-08-science-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA wins CGIAR 08 science awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maputo, Mozambique &#8211; IITA has won two major <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CGIAR<\/a> Science Awards for innovations in developing  and promoting postharvest technologies  and agricultural communications strategies to reduce hunger  and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards \u2013 Outst anding Agricultural Technology in sub-Saharan Africa  and Outst anding Communications \u2013 were announced during the CGIAR\u2019s 2008 Annual General Meeting held in Maputo, Mozambique from 1-5 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A Tribute to Postharvest Innovation<\/em><br>Dr Lateef Sanni Oladimeji of the University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Nigeria  and IITA Postharvest Specialist received the 2008 CGIAR Regional Award for Outst anding Agricultural Technology in sub-Saharan Africa. His expertise on drying technologies has contributed to considerable income  and employment gains for numerous small  and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria  and several other West African countries. For example, Sanni initially designed a rotary dryer that increased production of cassava flour to 300 kilograms (kg) every 8 hours. It was then disseminated to cassava processing facilities in southwest  and southeast Nigeria. More recently, within IITA\u2019s Integrated Cassava Project, he assembled a team of engineers that has designed a \u201cflash\u201d dryer capable of drying 250 kg of cassava flour per hour. His work has helped to increase the use of locally-manufactured flash dryers in Nigeria from two units before 2003, to over 60 units today. Sanni was presented the award after a short video showcasing his excellent work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A YouTube Moment for Sustainable Cocoa Production<\/em><br>Dr Soniia David, IITA Technology Transfer Specialist,  and her team at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treecrops.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Tree Crops Program<\/a> received the 2008 CGIAR Science Awards &#8211; Outst anding Communications Category for training farmers in West African countries to use digital video cameras as a way to share knowledge of sustainable cocoa production. By setting up Video Viewing Clubs (VVC), the team got together groups of farmers to watch  and learn from the videos. To date, 450 farmers in Ghana have participated in VVCs. Farmers who adopted the crop  and pest management practices promoted by the YouTube videos are likely to increase yields by 20-40 percent  and decrease pesticide use by 10-20 percent. Dr Paula Bramel, IITA Deputy Director General Research, received the award on behalf of David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA&#8217;s work on banana in Ug anda was also extensively featured in the winning entry for the broadcast journalism category of the CGIAR-FARA 2008 Award for Excellence in Agricultural Science Journalism in Africa. Patricia Oyella, editor  and reporter at WBS TV in Ug anda, received the award for her broadcast feature, \u201cSaving the Cooking Banana,\u201d shown on WBS TV  and on Business Africa, a program broadcast on a network of more than 45 African  and five European partner channels. The feature demonstrated the importance of this food crop in Africa, the problems faced by banana farmers,  and the solutions offered by researchers. IITA congratulates Ms Oyella  and is proud to have been associated with such a successful program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/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\">Jeffrey T. Oliver, <a>o.jeffrey@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Charg\u00e9 de communication d'entreprise (international)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Godwin Atser, <a>g.atser@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Charg\u00e9 de la communication d'entreprise (Afrique de l'Ouest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bureau de la communication<br>IITA \u2013 Si\u00e8ge<br>Ibadan, Nig\u00e9ria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<br>L'Afrique a des probl\u00e8mes complexes qui minent l'agriculture et la vie des populations. Nous d\u00e9veloppons des solutions agricoles avec nos partenaires pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvret\u00e9. Notre [mot manquant ou \u00ab prim\u00e9 \u00bb] <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/web\/iita\/what-we-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement<\/a> is based on focused, authoritative thinking anchored on the development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. We work with partners in Africa  and beyond to reduce producer  and consumer risks, enhance crop quality  and productivity,  and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is an international non-profit R4D organization since 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees,  and supported primarily by the CGIAR.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maputo, Mozambique &#8211; IITA has won two major CGIAR Science Awards for innovations in developing and promoting postharvest technologies and agricultural communications strategies to reduce hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12751,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[186],"class_list":["post-12907","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","item-year-186"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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