{"id":13394,"date":"2026-06-20T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-afdb-to-launch-a-bold-plan-to-revolutionize-african-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:39:11","slug":"iita-afdb-to-launch-a-bold-plan-to-revolutionize-african-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-afdb-to-launch-a-bold-plan-to-revolutionize-african-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA\/AfDB to launch a bold plan to revolutionize African agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"Scientists, development specialists, agricultural experts, representatives from national agricultural research  and extension systems (NARES),  and entrepreneurs from the private sector mainly from Africa will assemble in IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria on 22-25 January, for the inauguration  and planning workshop of the long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banque africaine de d\u00e9veloppement<\/a> (AFDB)-funded program called Technologies for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/projects- and-operations\/project-portfolio\/p-z1-a00-016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African Agricultural Transformation<\/a> (TAAT).\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_15053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15053\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Grains_opt.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15053 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grains_opt-300x190-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of grains in baskets\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TAAT aims to increase agricultural productivity  and diversificaion, improve socioeconomic status of farmers,  and create jobs for millions of Africans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThe multi-year, multi-partner TAAT program was conceptualized based on \u201cAfrica Feeding Africa,\u201d a core priority of AfDB  and aligned with the Bank\u2019s Ten-Year Strategy (2013- 2022) for inclusive  and green growth in the continent. The program, aimed to revitalize African agriculture, was conceived in a high-level conference on African agricultural transformation attended by leading experts in agriculture, research institutions, academia, financial institutions  and civil society held in Dakar, Senegal, in 2015.\n\nTAAT was first announced during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldfoodprize.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prix mondial de l'alimentation<\/a> events held in Des Moines, Iowa, in October, 2017, where AfDB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/about-us\/organisational-structure\/the-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Akin Adesina<\/a> was given the 2017 World Food Prize award. TAAT will be launched on 22 January at IITA\u2019s headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria.\n\nAccording to Dr Jonas Chianu, AfDB Agricultural Economist  and TAAT program manager, \u201cTAAT heralds a new dawn in African agricultural transformation because of its key benefits.\u201d TAAT will lead to:\n<ul class=\"listmar\">\n \t<li>Increased agricultural productivity  and diversification, leading to improved food  and nutrition security,<\/li>\n \t<li>Improved socioeconomic status of farmers including women  and youth due to higher incomes,<\/li>\n \t<li>Reduced vulnerabilities to market fluctuation due to agricultural product imports,  and<\/li>\n \t<li>Job creation, among others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTAAT will execute an ambitious  and bold plan to achieve rapid agricultural transformation across Africa by raising agricultural productivity along nine Priority Intervention Areas (PIA)  and over 18 agricultural commodity value chains.\n\nThe execution of TAAT will involve a close partnership among the AfDB, World Bank,  and development partners to ensure increased financing for agricultural research  and development along the value chains. <a href=\"http:\/\/faraafrica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FARA<\/a>, le <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgiar.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CGIAR<\/a> System Organization,  and 11 of it&#8217;s 15 international agricultural research centers most active in Africa, have embraced the Bank\u2019s initiative  and are co-sponsoring the program to revitalize  and transform agriculture within the shortest possible time while restoring degraded l and  and maintaining or strengthening the ecosystems that underpin agriculture.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists, development specialists, agricultural experts, representatives from national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES), and entrepreneurs from the private sector mainly from Africa will assemble in IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria on 22-25 January, for the 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