{"id":13064,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-inaugurates-central-african-hub-in-dr-congo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:18","slug":"iita-inaugurates-central-african-hub-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-inaugurates-central-african-hub-in-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA inaugurates Central African hub in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-3-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9777\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"250\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>IITA has inaugurated its Central African hub with the commissioning of an official building in Kinshasa that will cover the west provinces of DR Congo  and an office in Bukavu, in South-Kivu that will serve the entire Great Lakes subregion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Central African hub is the fourth hub established by the Institute. The East African hub has its operations in Tanzania; Southern African hub in Lusaka, Zambia; while the West African hub is based in Nigeria. The West African hub also hosts the headquarters of the Institute in Ibadan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hub concept aims to accelerate the Institute\u2019s response to the different opportunities  and threats to food security in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the inauguration of the hub, IITA Director General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga, said that the choice of DR Congo \u201cis important because of the country\u2019s agricultural potential, which serves as a focal point for research for countries of the Central African region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, the inauguration of the building in Kinshasa is part of the Institute\u2019s strategy for efficient delivery of research outputs  and to ensure more effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Central Africa, IITA will work with national agricultural research systems such as Institut National pour l\u2019Etude et la Recherche Agronomique (INERA), universities, nongovernmental organizations, farmers  and the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Sanginga said the establishment of the hub would also consolidate the long-time collaboration between IITA  and partners in that region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, since 1974, IITA has been contributing in strengthening the capacity of INERA. Both institutions have been involved in the breeding of disease-resistant varieties of cassava against major diseases such as cassava mosaic virus. Such collaborations  and many more will continue in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prime Minister of DR Congo, His Excellency Augustin Matata Ponyo, commended IITA for establishing the hub in DR Congo. He expressed optimism that with research, DR Congo could tap its agricultural potential for economic growth  and development,  and could feed the entire sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to improved varietal development, IITA  and INERA research activities will focus on natural resource management to boost crop production  and to improve livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Sanginga was accompanied by Prof. Paul Mafuka (INERA Director General  and IITA Board member)  and Dr Nzola Mahungu (IITA DRC Country representative).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CGIAR (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cgiar.org<\/a>) is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Its science is carried out by the 15 research centers who are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. IITA is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>IITA (<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">www.iita.org<\/a>) is an international non-profit research-for-development organization established in 1967  and governed by a Board of Trustees. We work with partners in Africa  and beyond to enhance crop quality  and productivity, reduce producer  and consumer risks,  and generate wealth from agriculture. Our award-winning research for development is anchored on the development needs of tropical countries.<br>IITA is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour toute information, veuillez contacter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Godwin Atser, <a>g.atser@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA has inaugurated its Central African hub with the commissioning of an official building in Kinshasa that will cover the west provinces of DR Congo and an office in Bukavu, in South-Kivu that will serve the entire Great Lakes subregion&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"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":[150],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[190],"class_list":["post-13064","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","location-congo","item-year-190"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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