{"id":13151,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-signs-partnership-agreement-to-help-guinea-improve-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:28","slug":"iita-signs-partnership-agreement-to-help-guinea-improve-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-signs-partnership-agreement-to-help-guinea-improve-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA signs partnership agreement to help Guinea improve agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_10119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10119\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Dr-Gbassey-Tarawali.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10119\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Dr-Gbassey-Tarawali.jpg\" alt=\"dr-gbassey-tarawali\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Dr Gbassey Tarawali with the Guinea Minister of Agriculture, Madame Jacqueline Marthe Sultan (2nd from right)  and other officials in a high level discussion.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA has signed a partnership agreement to help Guinea in the production  and promotion of cassava, maize, cowpea  and soybean value chains. The agreement also involves improvement of the livestock value chain, for which IITA will help the country link up with livestock value chain actors including the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The signing of the agreement follows recent interactions between IITA Ambassador Olusegun Obasanjo  and the Guinean government in which the leadership of the West African country sought solutions on how to move the country\u2019s agriculture forward. Chief Obasanjo then got in touch with IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga. The agreement between IITA  and Guinea will allow IITA to deploy its agricultural expertise to that country  and help increase agricultural productivity with the ultimate goal of improving livelihoods  and wealth creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA will also mobilize other development partners, both local  and international to help accelerate Guinea\u2019s agricultural growth, cutting across the value chains of key staples including livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a population of about 10 million, Guinea shares its northern border with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal,  and Mali,  and its southern border with Sierra Leone, Liberia,  and Ivory Coast. Its economy is agricultural  and mineral dependent,  and the country is the world\u2019s second largest producer of bauxite, with rich deposits of diamonds  and gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the rich mineral resources, the country is diversifying  and placing greater attention on agriculture to drive  and achieve sustainable development. In fact, the government is eager to increase food production by intensifying the production systems sustained by the application of improved technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To fast-track the take-off of activities, Dr Gbassey Tarawali, Representative of the DG &amp; DDG PCD, with colleagues in IITA- Sierra Leone (Drs Braima James  and James Abaka-Whyte) worked together to refine the Aide Memoire  and developed a memor andum of agreement between IITA  and the Guinea Ministry of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA intends to apply a similar agricultural research-for-development model which has helped a country such as Nigeria to top cassava-producing countries in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hope this is a step in the right direction to help Guinea  and other countries in the Mano River Union,\u201d says DG Sanginga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, please contact: Godwin Atser, <a>g.atser@cgiar.org<\/a> or Andrea Gros, <a>a.gros@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">www.iita.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (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 in Nigeria  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.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA has signed a partnership agreement to help Guinea in the production and promotion of cassava, maize, cowpea and soybean value chains. 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