{"id":15966,"date":"2026-06-20T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iitas-transformation-initiative-pays-off-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:11:41","slug":"iitas-transformation-initiative-pays-off-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iitas-transformation-initiative-pays-off-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA\u2019s transformation initiative pays off in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"IITA<\/u>\u00a0has lifted 7.2 million Africans out of poverty through its research innovations. The success of projects carried out by the Institute in 2018 has immensely helped in achieving a large percentage of its goal, according to Director General\u00a0Nteranya Sanginga<\/u>.\n
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Nteranya Sanginga, IITA Director General,\nhighlighting IITA\u2019s achievements.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nSanginga, in an interview with the\u00a0News Agency of Nigeria<\/u>\u00a0(NAN), said that as part of achieving its goal of poverty reduction for over 11 million Africans, IITA has succeeded in lifting 7.2 million out of poverty. He added that in the process of working to achieve other goals, which are to redirect over 7.5 million hectares of underutilized, marginal, degraded lands to more productive, sustainable use, and increase yields of major crops by 60 percent, the Institute has obtained about 895,000 ha of restored degraded land associated with the adoption of improved technologies developed by IITA and partners.\n\nThe DG said that on-farm yield assessment showed that farmers\u2019 adoption of improved varieties and good management practices resulted in 50\u201380 percent yield gains in maize and soybean. He added that\u00a0research for development<\/u>\u00a0(R4D) efforts in scaling out successful drought tolerant maize in the dry savanna and excellent research on reducing the breeding cycle of banana and plantain contributed to the above goals. He also mentioned that the liquidity status of the\u00a0Plateforme d'incubation d'entreprises<\/u>\u00a0(BIP) enterprises\u2014the ease at which assets can be converted into cash\u2014improved from 303 days to 94 days of actual sales.\nIn addition to improved cash management, the BIP enterprises achieved operational profitability in 2018.\n\nSanginga also mentioned that in 2018, IITA was awarded the Africa Food Prize in recognition of its contributions to innovations, food security, and economic development through agriculture across Africa. \u201cIn awarding the prize which had a worldwide recognition during the\u00a0Prix mondial de l'alimentation<\/u>\u00a0award ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa, on 18 October, the committee chairman, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, recognized IITA for generating solutions on and off the farm that have improved the lives of millions in the face of climate change, surge of crop pests, disease and urgent need for youth employment across Africa.\n\n\u201cIITA refined its strategy to direct youth from diverse academic disciplines toward agribusiness careers through the\u00a0IITA Youth in Agribusiness<\/u>\u00a0(IYA) program which strengthens youth participation in agricultural transformation through agribusiness establishment and growth,\u201d said Sanginga. \u201cBetween November 2017 and November 2018, we completed three new studies on impact of soybean innovations in Malawi (1,237 households in six major soybean-growing districts), cowpea improved varieties in Northern Nigeria (1,525 households in 10 states) and we also have the Adaptive Yam Minisett Technique (AYMT) in the yam belts of Ghana and Nigeria (1,400 households),\u201d he added.\n\nIn conclusion, he said, \u201cWe have numerous successes not mentioned here. Although the situation is still challenging, I am optimistic that we will make more important giant strides in 2019.\u2019\u2019","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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