{"id":13541,"date":"2026-06-20T12:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-scientist-julius-adewopo-wins-an-international-award\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:38:25","slug":"iita-scientist-julius-adewopo-wins-an-international-award","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-scientist-julius-adewopo-wins-an-international-award\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA Scientist Julius Adewopo wins an international award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/adewopo-julius\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18737\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/adewopo.png\" alt=\"IITA Scientist Julius Adewopo wins an international award!\" width=\"183\" height=\"137\" \/>Julius Adewopo<\/a>, a Geospatial Analyst at <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-countries\/rw anda\/#1523522838038-f7f6b016-7302\">IITA-Rw anda<\/a>, has won the 2019 Agropolis Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture  and Food, in the \u201cYoung Promising Scientist\u201d category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adewopo heads the project titled ICT4BXW in Rw anda, which focuses on the use of ICT for advancing the prevention  and control of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in Rw anda. BXW is a challenge to banana farming  and addressing it will revert huge crop losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe prize marks a new beginning for me, a call to a higher pedestal in the pursuit of my long-held vision. I am humbled by this calling to uphold the ideals of the Agropolis Foundation  and to advance the legacies of Dr Malassis through research  and collaboration that will further advance food security  and agricultural sustainability globally,\u201d<\/em> said Adewopo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adewopo has managed research to address major challenges related to management intensification in diverse agroecosystems  and support development of digital tools for agronomic decision making in smallholder farming systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stated that the award comes as a motivation to continue to pursue his contribution to agricultural research at national  and regional levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued, <em>\u201cI am quite honored by this recognition. I think the major vision of this award  and this recognition is to inspire researchers to continue to advance the frontiers of science with a focus on advancing agricultural systems, improving food security at regional or national level. So, this award is a call to a higher level of engagement  and commitment to really add value  and advance the vision<br>of Louis Malassis  and the Agropolis Foundation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the impact of the award in his current engagement on BXW prevention in Rw anda, Adewopo added, \u201cI think this is really important especially in Rw anda  and Central Africa because most farmers depend on banana for their income  and economic prosperity. <em>I think by developing a system where we can truly monitor incidences  and provide information on control, we will be securing the livelihoods of farmers; we will help farmers also make better  and timely decisions about how to control the disease.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adewopo acquired multidisciplinary experience in natural sciences, geospatial applications,  and corporate management prior to joining <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>. He earned his PhD in Soil Science from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufl.edu\/\">Universit\u00e9 de Floride<\/a> (UF)  and<br>MSc in Forest Resources from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uamont.edu\/\">University of Arkansas at Monticello<\/a>, both in the USA.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Julius Adewopo, a geodata scientist working IITA-Rwanda, has won 2019 Agropolis Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food, in the \u201cYoung Promising Scientist\u201d category.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":13542,"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":[490],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[40],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[65],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[197],"class_list":["post-13541","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bxwict4bxw","location-rwanda","crop-banana","item-year-197"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IITA Scientist Julius Adewopo wins an international award! 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