{"id":17074,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/us-university-explores-areas-of-collaboration-with-iita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:09:17","slug":"us-university-explores-areas-of-collaboration-with-iita","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/us-university-explores-areas-of-collaboration-with-iita\/","title":{"rendered":"US university explores areas of collaboration with IITA"},"content":{"rendered":"Delegates from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delaware State University<\/a>\u00a0(DSU) in the United States of America visited IITA on 17 November to explore possible areas of partnership that will provide its students with opportunities of acquiring the global experiences needed to enable them to face the world after graduation.\n<div id=\"attachment_1758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSU_071216.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1758\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSU_071216.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Alejandro Ortega-Beltran explains about aflatoxin contamination and aflasafe development to DSU visitors.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1758\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alejandro Ortega-Beltran explains about aflatoxin contamination and aflasafe development to DSU\u00a0visitors.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe delegates, led by the University\u2019s President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.desu.edu\/administration\/message-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Williams<\/a>\u00a0were received by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/asiedu-robert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Asiedu<\/a>, Director, Research for Development, West Africa.\n\n\u201cAs a core value at DSU, the university is open to establishing partnerships with interested bodies. It now has 13 different partner countries. Nigeria is one of the countries we have decided to reach out to, so we are here to foster a relationship with IITA and to learn possibilities available for partnership\u201d, said President Williams. He added, \u201cWe hope that collaborating with IITA will help us advance and bring the benefits of agricultural research to our university\u201d.\n\nThe delegates made a tour around IITA fields and laboratories including the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (<a href=\"http:\/\/youthagripreneurs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IYA<\/a>) where Evelyn Ohanwusi and other youth received them and made a presentation on the IYA.\n\nThe visitors were impressed with the ideas the Agripreneurs shared during the presentation and how far IITA had gone in developing and winning the interest of young men and women on agriculture.\n\nSeveral areas of interest were identified, with the visitors impressed with the IYA model and the value chain approach of the Institute which encompasses crop improvement in terms of productivity, and food safety especially the aflasafe technology.\n\nAt the end of the tour, Marikis Alvarez, a staff member of DSU said, \u201cIt will be an exciting experience for our students to come to IITA and get orientation and training in different fields. 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