{"id":16000,"date":"2026-06-20T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/i-am-optimistic-that-the-next-will-be-even-better-kenton-dashiell-ddg-p4d\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:16:44","slug":"i-am-optimistic-that-the-next-will-be-even-better-kenton-dashiell-ddg-p4d","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/i-am-optimistic-that-the-next-will-be-even-better-kenton-dashiell-ddg-p4d\/","title":{"rendered":"I am optimistic that the next will be even better \u2014 Kenton Dashiell, DDG, P4D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4146\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dashiell.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4146\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dashiell-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4146\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenton Dashiell.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe Partnerships for Delivery (P4D) Directorate is two years old and we have begun to make some progress with the delivery and scaling of proven technologies to end-users, during 2018. All this has been possible because of the support and high morale of staff. The directorate works in partnership with Governments, the private sector, NGOs, and IITA\u2019s R4D to step by step transform African agriculture. One of the success this year was the start up of the AfDB funded Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT) program, led by IITA and in partnership with many CGIAR partners such as AfricaRice, ICRISAT, ILRI, ICARDA, CIMMYT, CIP and other Africa-based organizations such as AATF and FARA.\nThe 2018 Partnership for Delivery Week (P4DWeek) was successful as scientists, specialists, and other staff from all the hubs of IITA convened to discuss and strategize ways of advancing its research agenda, and attaining impacts at scale. The event also culminated in the opening of the Tissue Culture building, and presentation of annual award of excellence to staff by BoT chair Namanga Ngongi.\nI wish all staff a happy celebration and I am positive that next year will be even better for IITA, our staff and all our family members.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Partnerships for Delivery (P4D) Directorate is two years old and we have begun to make some progress with the delivery and scaling of proven technologies to end-users, during 2018.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16001,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[1593],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[197],"class_list":["post-16000","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iita-news-no-2464","hub-western-africa","item-year-197"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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