{"id":17080,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/p4d-week-focuses-on-transforming-african-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:11:16","slug":"p4d-week-focuses-on-transforming-african-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/p4d-week-focuses-on-transforming-african-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"P4D Week focuses on transforming African agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"This year\u2019s Partnerships for Delivery (P4D) week, held 21-25 November, focused on unleashing the power of IITA\u2019s research and delivery in transforming African agriculture. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery,\u00a0Kenton Dashiell<\/a>, said, \u201cThis year, P4D Week is about delivering IITA\u2019s results and research to the end users\u2026delivery in terms of how IITA has had an impact on the lives of people in Africa and improved income and well-being of farmers\u201d.\n
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A happy farmer displays bountiful cassava\u00a0harvest in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIn his talk titled\u00a0IITA innovations to transform African agriculture<\/em>, IITA Director General,\u00a0Nteranya Sanginga<\/a>, laid out the Institute\u2019s priorities for his second term. He said IITA\u2019s operations need to be reorganized and to be managed and operated efficiently for delivery and impact for the next five years. According to him, this will be achieved by addressing operational inefficiencies for better delivery both in support services and Research for Development (R4D), and positioning IITA\u2019s support system to manage mega projects. \u201cOne of the major objectives in the reorganization of IITA is to strengthen the corporate services and finance functions to be able to improve operational efficiencies in support of improved delivery of IITA\u2019s technologies,\u201d Sanginga highlighted.\n

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IITA Board of Trustees chair, Bruce Coulman congratulating the IITA family for another successful year.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

Awards and recognition<\/h2>\nAs is the yearly practice at IITA, the scientist, staff, and unit with the best performance in 2015 were honored during P4D Week. The annual Board Excellence Awards were presented to\u00a0Lava Kumar<\/a>, Head of Germplasm and Health Unit, outstanding scientist; Idowu Ifaturoti of the Telecommunication Office, outstanding support staff; and the Project Administration Office, outstanding team. The paper by Atehnkeng et al. was named Outstanding Publication.\n\nAwards were also presented to the best posters shown during the poster sessions. The following posters won first prize in the various categories:\u00a0Genome-wide association mapping of correlated traits in cassava: dry matter and total carotenoid content<\/em>\u00a0par\u00a0Ismail Rabbi<\/a>, Molecular Geneticist, et al. for R4D;\u00a0Design and fabrication of machines, establishment of cottage, small and\/or medium-scale commercial outfits to process agricultural crops<\/em>\u00a0by Thierno Diallo, an FMS consultant, under the corporate services category; and finally, the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project model, under the P4D section by\u00a0Pieter Pypers<\/a>, a senior Agronomist on the ACAI project.\n
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Bruce Coulman congratulates Atehnkeng on his award, with Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, leader of the Aflasafe team, looking on.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Idowu Ifaturoti with BOT Chair Bruce Coulman (left) displays his outstanding support staff award plaque.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Kayode Awobajo with the BOT Chair, receives the outstanding team award on behalf of PAO.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Lava Kumar (center) poses with his plaque flanked by DG Sanginga (right) and spouse Ranjana Bhattacharjee (left).<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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