{"id":15720,"date":"2026-06-20T12:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-wins-nirsal-agricultural-value-chain-award\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:30:28","slug":"iita-wins-nirsal-agricultural-value-chain-award","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-wins-nirsal-agricultural-value-chain-award\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA wins NIRSAL Agricultural Value Chain Award"},"content":{"rendered":"The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has presented IITA with the Agricultural Value Chain Award. The presentation of the award was held on 23 May in a ceremony at Statement Hotel, Central Business District, Abuja.\n<div id=\"attachment_5001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 549px\">\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28512\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NIRSAL-award-p01-225x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"732\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gbassey Tarawali receiving the award on behalf of IITA.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nNIRSAL nominated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0in recognition of the Institute\u2019s contribution to increased agricultural production and value addition in Nigeria.\n\nReceiving the Award on behalf of the Institute, IITA-Abuja Head of Station,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/tarawali-gbassey\/\">Gbassey Tarawali<\/a>\u00a0thanked the Management of NIRSAL for recognizing IITA. He also assured them that IITA will continue in its efforts to transform African Agriculture.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has presented IITA with the Agricultural Value Chain Award. 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