{"id":16062,"date":"2026-06-20T12:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/chinese-changsha-committee-on-agriculture-visits-iita-abuja\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:05:28","slug":"chinese-changsha-committee-on-agriculture-visits-iita-abuja","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/chinese-changsha-committee-on-agriculture-visits-iita-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Changsha Committee on Agriculture visits IITA-Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"A 13-member delegation from the Changsha Committee on Agriculture visited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0Abuja Station on 11 September. The head of the delegation and Chairman of the Committee, Mr Wu Shiping, who communicated through an interpreter, said they were in IITA to explore opportunities of partnership and investment in agriculture in Nigeria with a special interest in the rice value chain.\n<div class=\"articleimg\">\n<div id=\"attachment_4003\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 275px\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Adebayo-Oluwaseun-of-IITA-touring-the-Changsha-delegates-around-the-Abuja-farm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4003\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adebayo-Oluwaseun-of-IITA-touring-the-Changsha-delegates-around-the-Abuja-farm-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Adebayo Oluwaseun of IITA touring the Changsha delegates around the Abuja farm.\" width=\"275\" height=\"151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4003\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adebayo Oluwaseun of IITA touring the Changsha delegates around the Abuja farm.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nReceiving the delegation, Gbassey Tarawali, Head, IITA-Abuja Station, expressed his delight saying, \u201cThis is about the sixth delegation from China to visit us and it is a good sign; it means there is a relationship. Some of our staff have been trained and now we have a large delegation of investors visiting IITA.\u201d\n\nResponding to questions from the delegates, Rice Commodity Specialist Dr Philip Idinoba said: \u201cRice is a big investment for now and the future. Hence, there are many areas that investors can key into in Nigeria. Rather than import, it will be better for investors to come here and create jobs.\u201d Idinoba then pointed out the challenges in the rice subsector and prospects for a good return on investment.\n\nResponding to some issues raised, AgResults Pilot Manager\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/akande-adebowale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adebowale Akande<\/a>\u00a0pointed out the weight of the value attached to the visit. He said: \u201cThere is a big shift from oil, and agriculture is taking center stage, so we must take a look at the generation of people that are in agriculture; the focus should be the involvement of more youth.\u201d He shared the success of the IITA Youth in Agribusiness Program and proposed an exchange program for the youth.\n\nN2Africa Senior Business Development Officer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/baars-edward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Baars<\/a>\u00a0proposed a partnership with the Changsha delegation for groundnut export to Chinese businesses.\n<div id=\"attachment_4004\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-photo-of-Chinese-visitors-with-IITA-staff.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4004\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-photo-of-Chinese-visitors-with-IITA-staff.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo of Chinese visitors with IITA staff\" width=\"699\" height=\"275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4004\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group photo of Chinese visitors with IITA staff.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nChairman Wu equally extended an invitation to IITA to visit their institution and participate in the China-Africa Economic and Trade Fair coming up in 2019.\n\nThe delegates were later taken on a tour around the fields of IITA Abuja Research Station.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 13-member delegation from the Changsha Committee on Agriculture visited IITA Abuja Station on 11 September.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16063,"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":[1626],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[196],"class_list":["post-16062","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-changsha-committee-on-agricultureiita-news-no-2455","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-196"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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