{"id":15042,"date":"2026-06-20T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-to-strengthen-collaboration-with-buk\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:17:31","slug":"iita-to-strengthen-collaboration-with-buk","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-to-strengthen-collaboration-with-buk\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA to strengthen collaboration with BUK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An IITA-Kano delegation led by Station Head Alpha Kamara visited the Vice-Chancellor Bayero University Kano (BUK), Prof Sagir Adamu Abbas, on 9 June to strengthen the collaboration between both organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kamara noted that IITA had been in partnership with BUK for a long time, from the early collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_27394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27394\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27394\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-BUK-p1.jpg\" alt=\"The IITA-Kano delegation with BUK Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sagir Adamu Abbas.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The IITA-Kano delegation with BUK Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sagir Adamu Abbas.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He thanked BUK for partnering with the Center for Dryland Agriculture (CDA). He said he hoped both parties would diversify the collaboration to include MSc and Ph.D. programs and hoped to have IITA resource scientists from BUK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his response, the Vice-Chancellor assured the visitors of the University\u2019s readiness to support the Institute. 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