{"id":16149,"date":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-abuja-staff-attend-chinese-training-on-improved-agricultural-technique\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:57:16","slug":"iita-abuja-staff-attend-chinese-training-on-improved-agricultural-technique","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-abuja-staff-attend-chinese-training-on-improved-agricultural-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA Abuja staff attend Chinese training on improved agricultural technique"},"content":{"rendered":"Six staff members from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0Abuja station joined other participants in Abuja for an \u201cOverseas training course on agricultural techniques for Nigeria.\u201d The participants, numbering over a hundred, were drawn from national agricultural institutes, government ministries, the private sector, and academia. The IITA team that benefited from the training were Ben Ijie, Terngu Abur, Oluseyi Akpanika, Faith Omoruan, Samora Hamza, and Uchi Ekeshili.\n<div id=\"attachment_3843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 848px\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Daniel-Adekunle-in-green-cap-of-Maize-Breeding-explaining-about-IITAE28099s-work-on-maize-to-participants.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3843\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Daniel-Adekunle-in-green-cap-of-Maize-Breeding-explaining-about-IITAE28099s-work-on-maize-to-participants.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Daniel Adekunle (in green cap) of Maize Breeding explaining about IITA\u2019s work on maize to participants\" width=\"848\" height=\"549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3843\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Adekunle (in green cap) of Maize Breeding explaining about IITA\u2019s work on maize to participants.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe training, which focused on the value chains of rice, maize, sorghum, and general Chinese culture, is an annual technical support to Nigeria\u2019s agricultural system by China. It was put together by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eng.sdwm.edu.cn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shandong Foreign Trade Vocational College<\/a>\u00a0with sponsorship from the Ministry of Commerce of the People\u2019s Republic of China. It is expected to increase participants\u2019 capacity and strengthen their efficiency using modern Chinese agriculture techniques.\n\nIn his remarks during the training, Project Officer of Shandong Foreign Trade Vocational College, Xhan Zhongbo said, \u201cChina is willing to share agricultural development experience, unselfishly, to transfer the traditional mode of production, improve added value of products, upgrade the competitiveness of agriculture, and promote the development of agricultural technology and trade in Nigeria.\u201d\n\nParticipants were also taken on a field visit to the IITA Station in Abuja as part of the hands-on learning activities. They were received by Head of Station,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/tarawali-gbassey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gbassey Tarawali<\/a>, who gave the visitors an insight into IITA\u2019s work across Africa.\n\nTarawali used the opportunity to express IITA\u2019s gratitude to the Chinese government for the all-expense paid training trip for three IITA youth to China, earlier in the year. The IITA youth were Ene Agada, Sini Luwa, and Samuel Magaji.\n\nIITA\u2019s involvement in the training came as a result of the earlier partnership established with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.catas.cn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences<\/a>\u00a0(CATAS).","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six staff members from the IITA Abuja station joined other participants in Abuja for an \u201cOverseas training course on agricultural techniques for Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16150,"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":[1672],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[196],"class_list":["post-16149","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chinaiita-news-no-2446","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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