{"id":14069,"date":"2026-06-20T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/researchers-organize-pvs-workshop-to-improve-african-yam-bean-availability-and-enhance-food-security\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:32:51","slug":"researchers-organize-pvs-workshop-to-improve-african-yam-bean-availability-and-enhance-food-security","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/researchers-organize-pvs-workshop-to-improve-african-yam-bean-availability-and-enhance-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers organize PVS workshop to improve African Yam Bean availability and enhance food security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To ensure food security and improve the nutrition of Africans, the Genetic Resource Center (GRC) organized a workshop on \u201cParticipatory variety selection of African Yam Bean (AYB)\u201d on 20\u201321 December. The workshop aimed to provide enough seeds of AYB to farmers for increased income and food security. However, this has been hitherto impossible because there are no registered or officially released improved varieties of AYB in Nigeria, a prerequisite for commercial seed production within the formal seed system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_24007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24007\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24007\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Researchers1.jpg\" alt=\"Researchers organize PVS workshop to improve African Yam Bean availability and enhance food security\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Morufat Balogun highlighting the the workshop&#8217;s objectives.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a> West Africa Hub Director <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/abberton-michael\/\">Michael Abberton<\/a> appreciated the organizers for the excellent effort put into the workshop. He stated that the workshop would serve as a platform for interaction to improve the potentials of AYB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA Seed Bank Manager Olaniyi Oyatomi mentioned some of the workshop\u2019s objectives and the workshop\u2019s outputs to significantly improve farmers\u2019 interest in traits and nutrients that are beneficial to the consumers. \u201cWe hope that AYB will be extended to the world and enhance nutritional security,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YIIFSWA II Project Tissue Culture Specialist <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/balogun-morufat\/\">Morufat Balogun<\/a>, who managed the recently concluded \u201cBean-preneurs\u201d project, noted that GRC collections of AYB were evaluated for their potential to mitigate the challenges associated with AYB. These challenges include long gestation, long cooking time, and short shelf-life of the tubers produced by some of the collections. On-station and on-farm trials are required before registration of varieties in Nigeria, so the workshop was to co-identify preferred accessions based on farmer and researcher perception using the current on-station experiment. Furthermore, she explained that AYB could be intercropped with some staple crops such as yam, cassava, and maize to improve the soil fertility due to AYB\u2019s nodule-forming properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_24008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24008\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24008\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/reasearchers2.jpg\" alt=\"Researchers organize PVS workshop to improve African Yam Bean availability and enhance food security\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workshop attendees participating in on-field selection of the accessions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wumi Jegede, a PhD student at the University of Ibadan and Research Fellow with the GRC, explained that the experiment\u2019s main objective was to understand how Genotype and Environment (G \u00d7 E) affects dry matter partitioning into seed and tuber in AYB. She highlighted that the experiment was carried out in Ibadan and Ikenne, using forty accessions collected all over Nigeria and randomized in three replicates. Furthermore, she mentioned that criteria for the selection included short gestation period, disease incidence, and seed and tuber yield in choosing the best variety for AYB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Ibidun Adetiloye, a Plant Breeder representing the National Center for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology having the mandate to register and release improved varieties in Nigeria, suggested that more farmers should be involved in on-farm trials. The Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, was also represented at the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Muhammed Sanusi, an Extension Specialist from the University of Ibadan, explained the procedures for selection to the participants using a Focus Group Discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least five best-performing accessions are expected to be selected and pushed for on-farm trials.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To ensure food security and improve the nutrition of Africans, the Genetic Resource Center (GRC) organized a workshop on \u201cParticipatory variety selection of African Yam Bean (AYB)\u201d on 20\u201321 December.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14070,"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":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[727],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-14069","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","crop-africa-yam-bean","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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