{"id":13107,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/farmers-in-twenty-african-countries-get-new-window-of-opportunity-to-significantly-increase-yield\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","slug":"farmers-in-twenty-african-countries-get-new-window-of-opportunity-to-significantly-increase-yield","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/farmers-in-twenty-african-countries-get-new-window-of-opportunity-to-significantly-increase-yield\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers in twenty African countries get new window of opportunity to significantly increase yield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/African-Farmers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9967\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/African-Farmers.jpg\" alt=\"Image of an African farmer\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>Efforts to transform agriculture in Africa have received a boost as more than 60 researchers  and partners met under the Support for Agricultural Research  and Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC)\u2019s event \u201cPartners, Possibilities  and Prospects\u201d on 15 July 2013 at the 6th African Agricultural Science Week in Accra. The SARD-SC project will raise the productivity of maize, cassava, wheat,  and rice by 20% in twenty selected countries in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan is to reduce food importation from other continents  and offer farmers better access to markets, improve livelihoods,  and tackle poverty through enhanced capacities of beneficiaries to sustainable development in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a million farmers will directly benefit from the project through its innovations basket, while another million  and half will be reached by project spin off effects. \u201cNarrowing the yield gap is key for African farmers,  and it will help them to compete globally  and to feed themselves,\u201d says Project Coordinator of SARD-SC Chrysantus Akem from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funded by the African Development Bank with US$ 63.24 million, SARD-SC also aims to create knowledge on the tested innovations with farmers in Benin, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Ug anda, Zambia,  and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA is one of the world\u2019s leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition,  and poverty. Its award-winning research for development (R4D) approach addresses the development needs of tropical countries. IITA works with partners to enhance crop quality  and productivity, reduce producer  and consumer risks,  and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is a non-profit organization founded in 1967  and governed by a Board of Trustees. IITA works on the following crops: cowpea, soybean, banana\/plantain, yam, cassava,  and maize. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. The SARD-SC project is being co-implemented by three Africa-based centers under CGIAR  and executed by IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pour plus d&#x27;informations, veuillez contacter : Godwin Atser, <\/em><a><em>g.atser@cgiar.org<\/em><\/a><em>; Chrysantus Akem, <\/em><a><em>c.akem@iita.org<\/em><\/a><em> or Andrea Gros,<\/em><a><em>a.gros@cgiar.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to transform agriculture in Africa have received a boost as more than 60 researchers and partners met under the Support for Agricultural Research and Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC)\u2019s event \u201cPartners, Possibilities and Prospects\u201d on 15 July 2013 at the 6th African Agricultural Science Week in Accra. 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