{"id":13686,"date":"2026-06-20T12:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/bot-commends-iitas-leadership-in-agricultural-research-under-sanginga\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:33:02","slug":"bot-commends-iitas-leadership-in-agricultural-research-under-sanginga","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/bot-commends-iitas-leadership-in-agricultural-research-under-sanginga\/","title":{"rendered":"BoT commends IITA\u2019s leadership in agricultural research under Sanginga"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 May 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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BoT Chair Amos Namanga Ngongi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe IITA Board of Trustees (BoT) has lauded the Institute\u2019s leadership and proven record of accomplishment in agricultural research during the spring board meeting, which took place recently. During the virtual meeting, BoT Chair Dr Amos Namanga Ngongi stated that the Institute, under the leadership of Director General Nteranya Sanginga, has achieved excellent results in several areas, both financially and programmatically, with a doubling of the Institute\u2019s budget and the expansion of its programs to scale up delivery.\n\nWhile highlighting the critical period the Institute is going through with the COVID-19 pandemic, Namanga Ngongi added that IITA\u2019s key funders have recognized the Institute\u2019s leadership in areas such as breeding, agronomy, roots and tubers, legumes, and sustainable intensification. He reiterated the need to protect IITA\u2019s staff and assets as a top priority in the Board\u2019s decisions.\n\nSanginga\u2019s presentation on the remaining one and half years of his tenure as DG focused on the structures put in place to ensure that the Institute is positioned to address the needs of the continent over the next 10 years while making sure that staff confidence is maintained throughout the transition to a new leadership without disruption.\n\nThe presentation highlighted key areas being addressed within the Institute\u2019s system and programs such as full alignment with the unified system of governance and business plan of the One-CGIAR as it relates to research, country and regional alignment, and partnerships for delivery. He also noted the importance of resource mobilization with a focus on development banks and country loans, securing IITA as a preferred technical assistance partner, as well as expansion to new sources of funding to include the private sector and non-traditional donors. In addition, he spoke about updating and strengthening the Institute\u2019s financial systems and procedures with automation fully implemented and phased succession planning of staff to key positions in the Institute.\n
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IITA\u2019s key funders have recognized IITA\u2019s leadership in areas such as breeding, agronomy, roots and tubers, legumes, and\nsustainable intensification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTaking charge of his last meeting as an IITA Trustee, Namanga Ngongi said IITA\u2019s key funders have given strong assurance of continued support and are, without exception, fully behind the One CGIAR and its long-term vision of a unified system for effective collaboration among centers. They also expressed their support for governance under a One-CGIAR system and its vision of a unified system and governance under a centralized board.\n\nWhile looking at the impact of COVID-19 on the Institute\u2019s financial and human resources in 2020 and the various scenarios for cost reduction during the Board meeting, as donor funding may be diverted to issues related to the pandemic, IITA is aggressively pursuing alternative sources of funding to address any shortfalls that may occur.\n\nSeveral Committees gave presentations during the virtual meeting\u2013on audit and finance, programs, and human resources. The Governance Committee Trustees selected Bruno Delvaux to succeed Christian Borgemeister as Program Committee Chair and Rhoda Tumusiime to succeed Josephine Okot as Human Resource Committee Chair. Christian Borgemeister will succeed Namanga Ngongi as Board Chair.\n\nBy 1 July, an Executive Management Team will be appointed to lead and be collectively responsible for managing the Transition to One-CGIAR, which will take place between 1 July 2020 and 31 December 2021.\u00a0 The One-CGIAR Board will be appointed by September 2020.\u00a0 All centers will transition to governance by the One-CGIAR Board from 1 October 2020.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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