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<\/a>\nGoSeed\u2019s Mercy Diebiru-Ojo (left) receiving 42 plant form temporary immersion bioreactors (TIS) and 40 plantlets from YIIFSWA\u2019s Morufat Balogun.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nYIIFSWA II Project Tissue Culture Specialist\u00a0Morufat Balogun<\/a>\u00a0handed over the technologies on behalf of the project to GoSeed\u2019s Assistant Cassava Seed System Specialist\u00a0Mercy Diebiru-Ojo<\/a>.\n\nThe materials are expected to enable GoSeed to build its production capacity. GoSeed staff have been in training for three months and will continue till December, so they can carry on the production of clean nuclear stock of yam planting materials for years to come.\n\n\u201dWe want all innovations that YIIFSWA has done in terms of seed, planting materials\u2014the bioreactor system, the aeroponic system, the hydroponic system\u2014for production of yam to be run in a sustainable way; and having the business aspect involved which GoSeed can run through,\u201d said Balogun.\n Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo, speaking to the media,\nhighlights the advantages of the technology\ntransfer.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe YIIFSWA II project has worked on different new technologies for producing quality seed yam materials on a research level. According to Diebiru-Ojo, handing them over to GoSeed is an opportunity to increase the scale of what they have achieved and take it to a commercial level. Commercialization will drive down the cost of quality seed of yam materials, which will be a massive advantage for GoSeed. \u201cWe need the large quantity to help us meet the huge demand out there. So the products will go a long way in pushing us forward in terms of producing quality seed, which will help our operations. So we are very grateful to the YIIFSWA II team,\u201d said Diebiru-Ojo.\n\nThe YIIFSWA project, led by\u00a0Norbert Maroya<\/a>, has worked for 10 years to develop a functional, commercial seed yam seed system in Nigeria and Ghana to benefit smallholder farmers through timely and affordable access to high-quality seed yam tubers of improved varieties.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa Phase II (YIIFSWA II) project has handed over some project outputs to IITA GoSeed to ensure the post-project sustainability of the 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