{"id":13168,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/ngo-and-iita-sign-agreement-farmers-visit-iita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","slug":"ngo-and-iita-sign-agreement-farmers-visit-iita","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/ngo-and-iita-sign-agreement-farmers-visit-iita\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO and IITA sign agreement; farmers visit IITA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 11 farmers  and representatives of farmers\u2019 cooperatives from Lagos  and Ogun States, Nigeria, working with the Human  and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA), visited IITA Ibadan last week  and interacted with researchers  and discussed potential areas of collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The farmers\u2019 visit was arranged by HEDA, a nongovernmental organization based in Lagos that advances human rights  and environmental protection in public policy  and programs. Through partnerships, HEDA works with knowledge  and information as tools for ensuring accountable governance, addressing poverty,  and empowering local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A memor andum of underst anding was signed on 7 August between IITA, represented by Kenton Dashiell, DDG for Partnerships  and Capacity Development,  and Sulaimon Arigbabu, Executive Secretary of HEDA Resource Centre. The aim is to foster cooperation for developing  and implementing opportunities for collaboration  and partnership to help reduce poverty, empower local communities, foster farmers\u2019 rights, provide climate information services, engage the youth in agriculture,  and promote other agriculture-related areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HEDA aims at helping to bridge the communication gap between small  and medium-scale farmers  and IITA to increase public awareness programs  and partnership by informing the public  and farmers through various media of opportunities in agriculture. It intends to create a clear information sharing system on knowledge in agriculture, as well as to increase participation by the youth through their advocacy programs  and initiatives, said Pelumi Okuyemi, HEDA Senior Programmes Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the organizations represented by the farmers included the All-Farmers Association of Nigeria, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria,  and the maize  and tuber crops associations. Farmers asked a lot of questions about challenges in the production of banana\/plantain, rice,  and cassava during the interactive discussion. Researchers were on h and to answer their questions. Staff present from IITA were Alfred Dixon, Partnerships Coordination Office  and Cassava Weeds Management Project; Hilde Koper, Project Administration Office; Katherine Lopez, Communication Office;  and Delphine Amah, Banana Breeding Unit as well as Venuprasad Ramaiah from AfricaRice. A tour of IITA\u2019s facilities  and farms was also conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, please contact: Katherine Lopez, <a>k.lopez@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. 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