{"id":17561,"date":"2026-06-20T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/an-impressive-collection-of-agricultural-geniuses\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:17:03","slug":"an-impressive-collection-of-agricultural-geniuses","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/an-impressive-collection-of-agricultural-geniuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Une impressionnante collection de g\u00e9nies de l'agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\nIn his remarks keynoting the opening the conference, Zambia Minister of Agriculture Honorable Given Lubinda called the delegates attending the conference \u201can impressive collection of agricultural geniuses\u201d.\n<div id=\"attachment_441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_8956.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-441\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-441\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_8956.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_8956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_8956-300x180-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_8956-768x460-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_8956-450x269.jpg 450w\" alt=\"Picture of the Joint Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference was officially closed by Julius Shawa, Permanent Secretary of Zambia\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Joint Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference was officially closed by Julius Shawa, Permanent Secretary of Zambia\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture. He thanked all delegates and organizers of the conference for choosing Zambia to be the host of the event. He also expressed optmism that the knowledge shared during the 5-day conference will result in concrete benefits for grain legume smallholder farmers across the world<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\u201cOn behalf of the Government of Zambia, I would like to thank the organizers for choosing Zambia as the host of this Joint Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe government is determined to make Zambia the food basket of the [southern Africa] region and contribute significantly to the global food supply chain. With this impressive collection of scientific minds gathered here to share knowledge and information on the latest agricultural research, I am confident that our own researchers will benefit greatly from the deliberations and move this agenda forward,\u201d the Minister added.\n\nForum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Executive Director Yemi Akinbamijo said in an interview that key scientists involved in grain legumes improvement across the world and in Africa were attending the conference.\n\n\u201cThis is like calling the select. All the brains that can turn the situation around and make a difference are here in Livingstone, right here at this conference, right now,\u201d Akinbamijo added.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his remarks keynoting the opening the conference, Zambia Minister of Agriculture Honorable Given Lubinda called the delegates attending the conference \u201can impressive collection of agricultural geniuses\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17562,"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":[2328],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[67],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17561","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cowpeagrain-legumespecial-bulletin-joint-pan-african-grain-legume-and-world-cowpea-conference","location-nigeria","hub-central-africa","crop-cowpea","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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