{"id":13573,"date":"2026-06-20T12:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-participates-in-ticad-7-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:30:35","slug":"iita-participates-in-ticad-7-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-participates-in-ticad-7-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA participates in TICAD 7 in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19872\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19872\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TICAD-7-p01.jpg\" alt=\"IITA participates in TICAD 7 in Japan\" width=\"1900\" height=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R (Front row): Dr Marco Wopereis, Director General, World Vegetable Center; Dr Matthew Morell, Director General, IRRI; Dr Masaru Iwanaga, President, JIRCAS; Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director General, IITA; Dr Belay Begashaw, Director General, SDG C\/A; (Back row) second left: Dr Shuichi Asanuma, IITA Board member; third left: Mr Yoshihisa Hishinuma, Director-General, Agriculture, Forestry Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, MAFF. Photo by AFFRC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/sanginga-nteranya\/\">Nteranya Sanginga<\/a>\u00a0participated in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/afr\/af2\/page25e_000274.html\">The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development<\/a>\u00a0(TICAD 7) on 28\u201329 August, held in Yokohama, Japan. The\u00a0TICAD\u00a0was launched in 1993 by the Government of Japan, to promote Africa\u2019s development, peace and security, through the strengthening of relations in multilateral cooperation and partnership, particularly with the country. As part of the conference, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Japan and Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) organized a special side event titled \u2018Achieving African agricultural transformation for improved food and nutrition security\u2019. During the event, DG Sanginga presented a keynote speech titled \u201cThe dissemination of research results is important for improving productivity and nutrition in Africa.\u201d\n\nIn line with the event theme, \u2018The Power of boosting Africa; for the future of food and agriculture,\u2019 Sanginga explained the role of IITA in ensuring food security in Africa and gave an overview of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iitabip.org\/\">Plateforme d'incubation d'entreprises de l'IITA<\/a>\u00a0(BIP).","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga participated in The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) on 28\u201329 August, held in Yokohama, Japan.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15672,"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":[1441],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[197],"class_list":["post-13573","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jircasnigeriaticad-7","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-197"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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