{"id":13071,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/senators-laud-iitas-efforts-in-improving-crop-productivity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:19","slug":"senators-laud-iitas-efforts-in-improving-crop-productivity","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/senators-laud-iitas-efforts-in-improving-crop-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators laud IITA&#8217;s efforts in improving crop productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nigerian-Senators.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9800\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nigerian-Senators.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Nigerian Senators\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Nigeria\u2019s senators have commended the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for excellent scientific research, which has resulted in increase in agricultural productivity  and improved livelihoods for farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike wants stronger ties with IITA to help serve Nigeria, in particular,  and Africa in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture who paid a courtesy visit to IITA were unanimous that research  and development efforts by IITA were major factors that have made Nigeria a global leader in cassava, cowpea  and yam production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI must commend the work that you are doing to improve agriculture\u2026 We are impressed  and glad with the role you are playing\u2014 not just in Nigeria but also in Africa,\u201d the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senator Bwacha, who was received by the Deputy Director General (Partnerships  and Capacity Development), Dr Kenton Dashiell on Tuesday, called for more support  and attention to international agricultural research, adding that such efforts were needed to further advance the dissemination of technological innovations at the research centre to farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Dashiell thanked the senate delegation for the visit to IITA. He pledged that IITA would continue to play the role of improving food security in tropical nations with the aim of increasing agricultural productivity, creating wealth  and, more importantly, reducing poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another related development, the Executive Director of NRCRI, Dr Julius Okonkwo has said that a stronger partnership between IITA  and NRCRI is necessary to boost agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Okonkwo said that past experiences underscored the necessity for more collaboration between the two institutions, citing that joint efforts between IITA  and NRCRI led to the release of 41 improved cassava varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese varieties have contributed in making Nigeria the world\u2019s largest producer of cassava,\u201d Dr Okonkwo said during a courtesy visit to IITA in Ibadan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBesides cassava, another milestone the two institutes have achieved over the years is the development of  and release of 17 improved yam varieties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collaboration between IITA  and NRCRI began as far back as the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Okonkwo who met with the Director General of IITA, Dr Nteranya Sanginga;  and Dr Dashiell said NRCRI was proud to be associated with IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that scientists from NRCRI had benefited a lot from IITA\u2019s capacity building programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a global leader in crop improvement, IITA devotes its resources to crop research, natural resource management, partnerships  and capacity building. Traditionally, IITA\u2019s work was concentrated on cassava, yam, cowpea, soybean, banana  and plantain, maize  and cocoa. However, the refined strategy of the Institute offers the opportunity to exp and to other crops with the ultimate aim of reducing poverty in tropical nations. <strong>FIN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour toute information, veuillez contacter :<br>Godwin Atser, <a>g.atser@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA (<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">www.iita.org<\/a>) is an international non-profit research-for-development organization\u00a0established in\u00a01967  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. IITA is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s senators have commended the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for excellent scientific research, which has resulted in increase in agricultural productivity and improved livelihoods for farmers&#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":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[190],"class_list":["post-13071","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","location-nigeria","item-year-190"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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