{"id":13549,"date":"2026-06-20T12:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-and-cirad-sign-mou-for-building-sustainable-farming-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:38:30","slug":"iita-and-cirad-sign-mou-for-building-sustainable-farming-systems","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-and-cirad-sign-mou-for-building-sustainable-farming-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA and CIRAD sign MoU for building sustainable farming systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the visit of His Excellency Mr Jerome Pasquier, Ambassador of France to Nigeria on 14 May, IITA signed a memor andum of underst anding (MoU) with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirad.fr\/en\">Centre de Coop\u00e9ration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le D\u00e9veloppement <\/a>\u00a0(CIRAD), as both institutes share commonalities in working for the sustainable development of tropical regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_18931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18931\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18931\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-CIRAD-MoU-p02.png\" alt=\"IITA  and CIRAD sign MoU for building sustainable farming systems\" width=\"1600\" height=\"751\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">H.E Pasquier  and Koper-Limbourg shake h ands after signing the MoU.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint de l'IITA, Services g\u00e9n\u00e9raux (DDG-CS), <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/koper-hilde\/\">Hilde Koper-Limbourg<\/a> along with other management staff, received the Ambassador  and CIRAD representatives. Koper-Limbourg expressed delight at the visit  and described IITA as \u201ca whole mix of research  and partnerships channeled towards development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MoU sees a shift in research activities from crop-based to issue-driven  and the need to blur the line between Francophone  and Anglophone frontiers of research. Tancrede Voituriez, Senior Economist representing the Regional Director of CIRAD, Dr Patrice Grimaud, described the partnership as \u201ctimely\u201d  and said, \u201cIf we want to be useful at scale, we have to move beyond our comfort zones. It is good to team up with partners who can challenge us. This partnership does not only help increase knowledge, but it is a way of ensuring impact through consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CIRAD has the objective of building sustainable farming systems capable of feeding 10 billion human beings by 2050 while preserving the environment. <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/asiedu-robert\/\">Robert Asiedu<\/a>, IITA Director of Research for Development, West Africa, enumerated IITA\u2019s activities in West Africa as well as existing partnerships between IITA  and CIRAD. \u201cIITA  and CIRAD are currently collaborating on projects such as <a href=\"http:\/\/africayam.org\/\">Africa Yam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/biorisk-management-facility-bimaf\/\">Biorisk Management Facility<\/a> (BIMAF), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtb.cgiar.org\/\">Breeding Roots, Tubers  and Bananas<\/a> (RTB),  and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divecosys.org\/\">Design of agroecological systems based on pest management  and organic waste use<\/a> (DIVECOSYS),\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambassador Pasquier signed the MoU on behalf of CIRAD  and expressed optimism that both parties would benefit from it. 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