{"id":14566,"date":"2026-06-20T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/nova-genetic-seeks-partnership-with-iita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:25:13","slug":"nova-genetic-seeks-partnership-with-iita","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/nova-genetic-seeks-partnership-with-iita\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Genetic seeks partnership with IITA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research and innovation division of the Nova Alliance Group, Nova Genetic, visited <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a> on 18 January to explore establishing ties with Nigeria through a partnership with the Institute. The team from the seed company, with several vegetable breeding programs, was received by the Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/dashiell-kenton\/\">Kenton Dashiell<\/a>; Senior Director, Plant Breeding and Pre-breeding, John Derera; Molecular Geneticist and Breeder, Ismail Rabbi; Product Manager-Grain Crops, Dean Muungani; and Postdoctoral Fellow, Soybean Breeding, Abush Abebe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_25691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25691\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25691 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Deputy-Director-General-Partnerships-for-Delivery-Dr-Kenton-Dashiell-welcoming-the-Nova-Genetic-delegation.jpg\" alt=\"The Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery, Dr Kenton Dashiell, welcoming the Nova Genetic delegation.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery, Dr Kenton Dashiell, welcoming the Nova Genetic delegation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his welcome address, Dashiell highlighted the Institute\u2019s focus on transforming African agriculture. He added that in achieving that goal, IITA has always embraced partnering with private organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her response, Nova Genetic Research Manager Florine Poiroux briefed the team about the France-based organization. She explained that the Nova Alliance Group comprises several companies charged with seed production, farm coordination, management, and research. With four breeding stations in Africa, the organization is focused on vegetables, working on notable species such as tomato, pepper, summer squash, and watermelon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_25689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25689\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25689\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/At-the-Bioscience-Center-during-a-tour-of-the-IITA-Ibadan-campus.jpg\" alt=\"Nova Genetic Research Manager Florine Poiroux highlighting the objective of the visit.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nova Genetic Research Manager Florine Poiroux highlighting the objective of the visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added that the organization\u2019s objective is to breed more varieties in tropical areas to meet farmers\u2019 needs and pay more attention to developing resistance to tropical diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both teams discussed potential areas of collaboration, such as testing operations, lab research, vegetable legumes, seed multiplication, modernization and technology transfer, and nutrition analysis. For the actualization of the proposed partnership, both parties assigned representatives to facilitate further interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_25690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25690\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25690\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nova-Genetic-Research-Manager-Florine-Poiroux-highlighting-the-objective-of-the-visit.jpg\" alt=\"At the Bioscience Center, during a tour of the IITA Ibadan campus.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Bioscience Center, during a tour of the IITA Ibadan campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nova Genetic delegation toured the IITA campus, stopping at the Bioscience Center laboratory facility, an off-season nursery where different soybean generations are planted, and the maize demonstration field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Propos\u00e9 par Tolulope Akinola<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research and innovation division of the Nova Alliance Group, Nova Genetic, visited IITA-CGIAR on 18 January to explore establishing ties with Nigeria through a partnership with the Institute.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14567,"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":[927],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[201],"class_list":["post-14566","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iita-news-no-2673nova-geneticpartnerships","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-201"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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