{"id":16135,"date":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/former-vp-and-new-vc-of-nm-aist-visit-iita-arusha\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:55:48","slug":"former-vp-and-new-vc-of-nm-aist-visit-iita-arusha","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/former-vp-and-new-vc-of-nm-aist-visit-iita-arusha\/","title":{"rendered":"Former VP and new VC of NM-AIST visit IITA Arusha"},"content":{"rendered":"\nA former Vice President of Tanzania and the Chancellor of the Nelson Mandela Africa Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Honorable Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal and incoming Vice Chancellor, Prof Emmanuel Luoga, visited IITA research facilities including the lab and field at the university.\n<div id=\"attachment_3873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 850px\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NM-AIST-delegation-visiting-the-lab-facilities.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3873\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NM-AIST-delegation-visiting-the-lab-facilities.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of NM-AIST delegation visiting the lab facilities.\" width=\"850\" height=\"450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3873\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NM-AIST delegation visiting the lab facilities<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe IITA team briefed them on the ongoing research activities to breed high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties of Mchare\u2014a popular cooking banana in Tanzania under the Breeding better bananas project. The IITA facilities are open for the university\u2019s use in its training programs as part of IITA\u2019s efforts to build the capacity of future researchers.\n\nThe team, led by Allan Brown , banana breeder and head of the IITA team at NM-AIST, highlighted the importance of Mchare banana as a Tanzanian natural resource that needs to be preserved for future generations and the significance of the work continuing beyond the life of the project.\n<div id=\"attachment_3874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Allan-Brown-takes-Dr-Bilal-and-Prof-Luoga-on-a-field-tour.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3874\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Allan-Brown-takes-Dr-Bilal-and-Prof-Luoga-on-a-field-tour.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Dr Allan Brown takes Dr Bilal and Prof Luoga on a field tour\" width=\"809\" height=\"397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3874\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Allan Brown takes Dr Bilal and Prof Luoga on a field tour.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n[su_quote]\u201cOne of the areas we are keen on is to work with the university to develop a center of excellence for banana research,\u201d said Brown.[\/su_quote]\n\nThe Vice President and the incoming Vice Chancellor appreciated the work of IITA but challenged the team to extend its research to dessert banana and support Tanzania to export dessert banana to the world\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Vice President of Tanzania and the Chancellor of the Nelson Mandela Africa Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Honorable Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal and incoming Vice Chancellor, Prof Emmanuel Luoga, visited IITA research facilities including the lab and field at the 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