{"id":15844,"date":"2026-06-20T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/usaid-mission-director-to-nigeria-visits-iita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:29:49","slug":"usaid-mission-director-to-nigeria-visits-iita","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/usaid-mission-director-to-nigeria-visits-iita\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID Mission Director to Nigeria visits IITA"},"content":{"rendered":"Le\u00a0Agence des \u00c9tats-Unis pour le d\u00e9veloppement international<\/a>\u00a0(USAID) Mission Director to Nigeria, Stephen Haykin, paid a visit to\u00a0IITA<\/a>\u00a0headquarters on 23 March, to discuss existing partnerships between USAID and IITA.\n
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Stephen Haykin having a round-table discussion with top IITA management staff.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nHaykin was received by senior IITA management including\u00a0Kenton Dashiell<\/a>, Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery (DDG-P4D) and\u00a0Hilde Koper-Limbourg<\/a>,\u00a0Deputy Director General, Corporate Services (DDG-CS).\n\nIn his welcome remarks, Dashiell expressed gratitude for the continuous support of USAID to IITA\u2019s research and development activities. He emphasized the commitment of the Institute towards ensuring sustainable and progressive development of the agricultural sector in Africa.\n\n\u201cThe support of USAID to IITA for about 30\u201340 years, and to Africa for many years, has been very helpful in pushing agricultural research. We have established very strong partnerships in Nigeria as well,\u201d\u00a0said Dashiell.\n\nHaykin reiterated the mission of USAID to help developing countries move towards sustainable development. He also noted that USAID, which has had effective partnerships with\u00a0IITA, believes in the prospects and expertise of the Institute, especially in improving livelihoods of farmers and farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa.\n

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Stephen Haykin, Nteranya Sanginga, and Ken Dashiell discussing at the Youth center<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe Mission Director embarked on a tour of the IITA campus and facilities including visits to factories at the\u00a0IITA Business Incubation Platform<\/a>\u00a0(BIP), the recently commissioned Tissue Culture Building, the Youth in Agribusiness Center, and the Tree Heritage Park.\n\nAccording to Dashiell, funds from USAID have been valuable to agricultural research projects in IITA, such as the second 5-year phase of the\u00a0Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation<\/a> (Africa RISING) which began in October 2016. Soon, another project also funded by USAID through the Feed the Future Initiative will commence.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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