{"id":16774,"date":"2026-06-20T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/harvesters-from-japan-soon-to-be-deployed-to-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:45:03","slug":"harvesters-from-japan-soon-to-be-deployed-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/harvesters-from-japan-soon-to-be-deployed-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesters from Japan soon to be deployed to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"Good news for yam farmers\u2014there is now a new technology that can take off the stress of harvesting yam manually, and IITA scientists have begun discussions to accelerate mechanization in yam research using \u201cMade in Japan\u201d technologies.\n\nThe scientists will soon test a new yam harvesting machine in Nigeria which has been successfully used to harvest root and tuber crops in Japan. The machines were developed by\u00a0<a title=\"Visit Kawabe Noken Sangyo K.K.website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kawabenoken.co.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kawabe Noken Sangyo K.K<\/a>., a private Japanese company that manufactures and sells yam harvesters.\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-2302 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium\">\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n \t<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_20170421_IITA-Kawabe.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_20170421_IITA-Kawabe-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of IITA scientists at the factory\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2303\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n \t<dd id=\"gallery-1-2303\" class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">IITA scientists at the factory.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n \t<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Picture13.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Picture13-300x300.png\" alt=\"Picture of Japanese yam harvester developed by Kawabe Noken Sangyo K. K.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2304\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n \t<dd id=\"gallery-1-2304\" class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Japanese yam harvester developed by Kawabe Noken Sangyo K. K.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\nSpeaking during a courtesy visit to the factory in Japan last month,\u00a0<a title=\"Visit David De Koeyer&apos;s profile page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/de-koeyer-david\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David De Koeyer<\/a>, Head, IITA Yam Breeding, who was accompanied by\u00a0<a title=\"Visit Haruki Ishikawa&apos;s profile page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/ishikawa-haruki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haruki Ishikawa<\/a>, Plant Physiologist and Ryo Matsumoto, Postdoctoral Scientist and Yam Agronomist, said they visited the company to partner with the Japanese private sector in finding a lasting solution to mechanizing production and harvesting yam, and also to purchase yam harvesting machines for testing in Nigeria.\n\nThey were received by the president of Kawabe Noken Sangyo K.K., who also shared knowledge on technology introduction for yam 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