{"id":15560,"date":"2026-06-20T12:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/former-president-olusegun-obasanjo-joins-the-bandwagon-elated-about-recent-seed-yam-harvest\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:32:13","slug":"former-president-olusegun-obasanjo-joins-the-bandwagon-elated-about-recent-seed-yam-harvest","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/former-president-olusegun-obasanjo-joins-the-bandwagon-elated-about-recent-seed-yam-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo joins the bandwagon, elated about recent seed yam harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"Wind back to mid-2019, to be exact 25 May. At\u00a0the commissioning ceremony<\/a>\u00a0of the Senator Abiola Ajimobi Ring Road, Agricultural Transformation Building, and presentation of the OYSG Agricultural Policy Framework developed by\u00a0IITA<\/a>\u00a0and NISER, President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed interest in setting up a one-hectare seed yam production for quality seed yam. This he said after seeing the robust and clean tubers of improved varieties from the Aeroponics System (AS) single node vine cuttings that were on display at the exhibition set up to promote some of IITA\u2019s innovations.\n
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Members of the YIIFSWA II team with aides of the former president.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nFollowing up on his expression of interest,\u00a0YIIFSWA-II<\/a>\u00a0established a one-hectare field with minisetts of Kpamyo, and Aseidu topped with AS-derived seedlings of Kpamyo at President Obasanjo\u2019s homestead at Ibogun, Ogun State.\n\nOn 6 January 2020, President Obasanjo made the headline in\u00a0Vanguard<\/em>\u00a0(i.e.,\u00a0Obasanjo enters farm, harvests yam in Ogun<\/a>) as he led a team of harvesters to the field to harvest the seed yam farm established by the YIIFSWA-II project in June 2019.\n\nOn 9 January, his team invited YIIFSWA-II to assess the harvest, and advise on the sorting, treatment, and storage of the tubers harvested.\n

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\"\"Freshly harvested seed yams.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nWhen asked about the former President\u2019s thoughts on the harvest, Mr Semiu Ayinla, who represented Chief Obasanjo, said he was elated about the yield, particularly the sheer volume and cleanliness of the seed tubers harvested. He was also pleasantly surprised by the taste of the freshly harvested tubers after roasting and boiling some of the tubers on the spot to feed the harvesters on the field. Ayinla said, \u201cWe were surprised that the newly harvested yam tubers that we roasted and boiled were firm and sweet. We enjoyed the yam.\u201d\n\nPresident Obasanjo intends to use the seed tubers to establish a five-hectare ware yam field next cropping season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wind back to mid-2019, to be exact 25 May. 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