{"id":17202,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:57:57","slug":"iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair"},"content":{"rendered":"IITA was one of over a hundred organizations that showcased their work and products at the recent 2016 Malawi Agriculture Fair held 8 to 10 September in Blantyre with the theme\u00a0<em>Agriculture climato-intelligente<\/em>.\n\nThe fair was opened and keynoted by Malawi\u2019s Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Water Development, George Chaponda, who expressed his appreciation at the work being done by the Institute in the country when he came to view the IITA exhibition pavilion.\n<div id=\"attachment_1364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/01\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/1024_mini_aflasafe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1364\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1364\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of IITA\u2019s Alexander Nganga (left) briefing the Minister of Agriculture, Dr George Chaponda, about aflasafe.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1364\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IITA\u2019s Alexander Nganga (left) briefing the\u00a0Minister of Agriculture, Dr George Chaponda,\u00a0about aflasafe.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\u201cI am impressed with the work you are doing, and I would like to encourage research centers like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0to continue complementing efforts of the government,\u201d said Chaponda. He was briefed on IITA\u2019s work in Malawi by Alexander Nganga, IITA Research Technician.\n\nAs IITA was allocated stand no. 1, the Institute\u2019s research-for-development (R4D) exhibit was given prominence, with more than 700 people estimated to have visited the stand during the 3-day show.\n\nDuring the fair, IITA highlighted its various projects and programs in Malawi. They included the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.n2africa.org\/\">N2Africa<\/a>\u00a0(Putting Nitrogen Fixation to Work for Smallholder Farmers Growing Legume Crops in Africa) Project being funded by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/\">Fondation Gates<\/a>, the Malawi Improved Seed Systems and Technologies (MISST) Soybean and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aflasafe.com\/aflasafe\">Aflasafe<\/a>\u00a0projects being funded by USAID\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedthefuture.gov\/\">Nourrir l'avenir<\/a>\u00a0Initiative, the new Cassava Commercialisation project which is being funded by the German International Cooperation (GIZ), and its cassava breeding research.\n\nIn line with the theme of the fair, IITA also displayed climate-change resilient crops and technologies that the Institute is promoting through its many projects such as improved soybean and cassava, inoculants, and Aflasafe.\n\nIn addition, IITA also showcased various value-added products from soybean and cassava such as soybean milk, cakes, soybean meat balls, fermented cassava flour, and high quality cassava flour (<a href=\"http:\/\/cava.nri.org\/about-the-project\/technical-information\/hqcf-the-facts\">HQCF<\/a>). Also on display was a locally made groundnut sheller, which attracted a lot of interest from Minister Chaponda and others who visited the pavilion. The N2Africa Project is promoting the sheller for use by farmers, especially women.\n\nVisitors to the IITA pavilion were also given various materials about the technologies and crop varieties that IITA is promoting in Malawi.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA was one of over a hundred organizations that showcased their work and products at the recent 2016 Malawi Agriculture Fair held 8 to 10 September in Blantyre with the theme Climate Smart Agriculture.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17203,"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":[2162],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[39],"news-type":[],"hub":[62],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17202","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletin-no-2346climate-changeclimate-smartclimate-smart-agriculturemalawi","location-malawi","hub-eastern-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair - IITA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair - IITA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IITA was one of over a hundred organizations that showcased their work and products at the recent 2016 Malawi Agriculture Fair held 8 to 10 September in Blantyre with the theme Climate Smart Agriculture.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IITA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IITA.CGIAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-29T17:57:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"604\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@IITA_CGIAR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/\",\"name\":\"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair - IITA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-20T12:55:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-29T17:57:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":604},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/news-item\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"IITA\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"International Institute of Tropical Agriculture\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/IITA-Logo-finalll.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/IITA-Logo-finalll.png\",\"width\":1788,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"International Institute of Tropical Agriculture\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iita.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/IITA.CGIAR\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/IITA_CGIAR\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/iita\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/IITAPUBLISHING\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair - IITA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair - IITA","og_description":"IITA was one of over a hundred organizations that showcased their work and products at the recent 2016 Malawi Agriculture Fair held 8 to 10 September in Blantyre with the theme Climate Smart Agriculture.","og_url":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/","og_site_name":"IITA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IITA.CGIAR","article_modified_time":"2026-06-29T17:57:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":604,"url":"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@IITA_CGIAR","twitter_misc":{"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/","url":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/","name":"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair - IITA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-20T12:55:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-29T17:57:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Mini_Aflasafe.jpg","width":1024,"height":604},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/iita-showcases-r4d-work-at-2016-malawi-agriculture-fair\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iita.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/iita.org\/news-item\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"IITA showcases R4D work at 2016 Malawi agriculture fair"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iita.org\/","name":"IITA","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iita.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/#organization","name":"Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale","url":"https:\/\/iita.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IITA-Logo-finalll.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IITA-Logo-finalll.png","width":1788,"height":591,"caption":"International Institute of Tropical Agriculture"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iita.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IITA.CGIAR","https:\/\/x.com\/IITA_CGIAR","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iita","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/IITAPUBLISHING"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-item\/17202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-item"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-item\/17202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22880,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-item\/17202\/revisions\/22880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"science-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/science-area?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"hub","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"crop","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/crop?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"impact-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/impact-areas?post=17202"},{"taxonomy":"item-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/item-year?post=17202"}],"curies":[{"name":"bien jou\u00e9","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}