{"id":17138,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/scientists-to-develop-new-roadmap-for-african-yam-bean\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:07:46","slug":"scientists-to-develop-new-roadmap-for-african-yam-bean","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/scientists-to-develop-new-roadmap-for-african-yam-bean\/","title":{"rendered":"Des scientifiques vont \u00e9laborer une nouvelle feuille de route pour le pois de St Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"Over 40 scientists attending the\u00a0<a title=\"Visit the &apos;Sphenostylis&apos; page on Wikipedia website\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sphenostylis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African Yam Bean<\/a>\u00a0(AYB) symposium have agreed to develop a roadmap for the improvement of AYB in a bid to rejuvenate research and develop this neglected and underutilized food crop in Nigeria.\n<div id=\"attachment_1504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_African_Yam_bean.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1504\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_African_Yam_bean.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of participants to the Africa Yam Bean symposium.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1504\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants to the Africa Yam Bean symposium.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe symposium was organized on 18-19 October by the\u00a0<a title=\"Visit the &apos;IITA Genetic Resources Center&apos; page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/web\/iita\/genetic-resources-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA Genetic Resources Center<\/a>\u00a0(GRC) in Ibadan. It brought together scientists and students working on AYB in Nigeria, to find out why the food crop has been abandoned with negligible funds dedicated to its research.\n\nAccording to the researchers, this lag has made it difficult for the crop to fulfill its potential. The discussions therefore centered on avenues to build a stronger network for collaboration and a wider program for Nigeria to develop the AYB. The symposium encompassed a series of presentations, discussions, and plenary sessions in the fields of agronomy, genetics, and breeding.\n\n<a title=\"Visit Michael Abberton&apos;s profile page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/abberton-michael\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Abberton<\/a>, Head, GRC, expressed disappointment over the lack of support for the crop. \u201cWe found out that despite the fact that the GRC receives a large number of requests for AYB seed from researchers and students in Nigeria, showing that many studies are in progress at universities, there remains a low level of funding and awareness that could support further development of the crop as an option for smallholder farmers,\u201d Abberton disclosed.\n\nAbberton also said the symposium will develop a roadmap for the development of the AYB. \u201cWe brought together researchers in this symposium, to think about how the crop can be utilized, and then develop a road map on how to move forward on the research of this leguminous plant, the advocacy, development, and promotion of the crop in Nigeria\u201d.\n\nThe participants agreed to develop and publish this roadmap and also formed a consortium for research collaboration, advocacy, and resource mobilization.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 40 scientists attending the African Yam Bean (AYB) symposium have agreed to develop a roadmap for the improvement of AYB<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17139,"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":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17138","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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