{"id":15751,"date":"2026-06-20T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/event-announcement-3rd-national-annual-conference-of-the-society-for-underutilized-legumes-to-be-held-in-ibadan-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:30:13","slug":"event-announcement-3rd-national-annual-conference-of-the-society-for-underutilized-legumes-to-be-held-in-ibadan-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/event-announcement-3rd-national-annual-conference-of-the-society-for-underutilized-legumes-to-be-held-in-ibadan-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Event announcement: 3rd National Annual Conference of the Society for Underutilized Legumes to be held in Ibadan, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Society for Underutilized Legumes (SUL) will hold its 3rd National Annual Conference, 9-11 July 2019 at the Institute of Agricultural Research &amp; Training (IAR&amp;T) in Ibadan, Nigeria. The conference will feature field trips, plenary sessions, the Annual General Meeting, the official launch of the SUL website (www.sulegumes.org\/) and the Society journal: Journal of Underutilized Legumes (JUL), and the award of an honorary fellowship to Head of IITA Genetic Resources Center (GRC), Prof Michael Abberton, for his outstanding contributions and research support for the promotion of underutilized legumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28560 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SUL-conference-p01-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"858\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SUL was set up for academic research and promotion of improved use of underutilized legumes in tropical Africa. 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