{"id":13523,"date":"2026-06-20T12:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-and-partners-discuss-alleviation-of-agroclimatic-challenges-in-the-sahel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:38:18","slug":"iita-and-partners-discuss-alleviation-of-agroclimatic-challenges-in-the-sahel","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-and-partners-discuss-alleviation-of-agroclimatic-challenges-in-the-sahel\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA and partners discuss alleviation of agroclimatic challenges in the Sahel"},"content":{"rendered":"IITA-Ibadan, hosted a 3-day workshop on 12\u201314 March to promote the development and implementation of agricultural research, capacity building, and delivery programs in the Sahel. The key participants were representatives of the national agricultural research and development systems of Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal; representatives of CORAF<\/a>, the private sector, and the Islamic Development Bank<\/a> (IsDB) as well as IITA<\/a> management and staff.\n\n
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DG Sanginga addressing participants at the workshop<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nDuring the opening ceremony, IITA Director General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga<\/a> said that the people who benefit the most from IITA\u2019s research are Africans, especially those in the Sahel region, one of the most vulnerable regions of the world, where the agriculture sector is under strain due to the many risks that are likely to deteriorate in the face of climate change.\n\nParticipants discussed national and regional priorities for research and development as well as IITA\u2019s research and technology delivery efforts that are highly relevant to the Sahel region. The workshop also featured presentations on country priorities and plans by representatives and presentations on IITA programs as a basis for discussion and future action.\n\nOne highlight of the meeting was the identification of cross-cutting and country-specific challenges including productivity, climate change, value chain, importation, youth empowerment, biorisk management, conservation, and food quality. After much deliberation, the group agreed that the most important factors for partnership with IITA in the Sahel are:\n