{"id":13116,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/voice-of-america-features-yellow-cassava-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","slug":"voice-of-america-features-yellow-cassava-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/voice-of-america-features-yellow-cassava-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice of America features yellow cassava in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-45.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9996 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-45.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Peter Kulakow, IITA Cassava Breeder.\" width=\"250\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA\u2019s work on yellow cassava received a PR boost as the Voice of America (VOA) \u2013 a globally recognized media outfit  and the official external broadcast institution of the US federal government \u2013 recently co-produced a special video with the IITA Communications Office  and Dr. Peter Kulakow, IITA Cassava Breeder. Entitled <em>&#8216;Rambo&#8217; Root Packs New Vitamin A Punch<\/em>, the video highlights the development of pro-vitamin A cassava in Nigeria  and its benefits. The cassava biofortification work in Nigeria is led by IITA in partnership with Nigeria Root Crops Research Institute  and funded by HarvestPlus. You can watch the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/rambo-root-packs-new-vitamin-a-punch\/1755381.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ici<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For more information, please contact: Andrea Gros, <\/em><a><em>a.gros@cgiar.org<\/em><\/a><em> or Godwin Atser, <\/em><a><em>g.atser@cgiar.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA\u2019s work on yellow cassava received a PR boost as the Voice of America (VOA) \u2013 a globally recognized media outfit and the official external broadcast institution of the US federal government \u2013 recently co-produced a special video with the IITA Communications Office and Dr. Peter Kulakow, IITA Cassava Breeder&#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":[66],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[191],"class_list":["post-13116","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","location-nigeria","crop-cassava","item-year-191"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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