{"id":17597,"date":"2026-06-20T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/biostatistics-and-sas-refresher-courses-organized-at-iita-kinshasa\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:11:15","slug":"biostatistics-and-sas-refresher-courses-organized-at-iita-kinshasa","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/biostatistics-and-sas-refresher-courses-organized-at-iita-kinshasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Biostatistics and SAS refresher courses organized at IITA-Kinshasa"},"content":{"rendered":"Two statistics courses were organized for IITA staff and partners in DR Congo on 25 January to 5 February. The first\u2015a refresher course on\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/its.uiowa.edu\/sas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statistical Analysis System<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(SAS), was organized for IITA-Kinshasa researchers. The training provided detailed hands-on exposure to the basic procedures for appropriate data analysis as well as the provision of SAS software for participants. The second course on Biostatistics was intended for grantees of the\u00a0<em>Projet de Recherche pour l\u2019Innovation Agricole (PRIA).\u00a0<\/em>PRIA seeks to revitalize development-oriented agricultural research in the country.\n<div id=\"attachment_345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_0702.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-345\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_0702.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_0702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_0702-300x135-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_0702-768x346-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_0702-450x203.jpg 450w\" alt=\"Picture of Participants of the biostatistics course and IITA staff in Kinshasa after the opening ceremony with the DRC Minister of Agriculture Representative\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants of the biostatistics course and IITA staff in Kinshasa after the opening ceremony with the DRC Minister of Agriculture Representative<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nAbout 18 grantees from the universities, Institut National pour l\u2019Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), and NGOs participated in the training courses which facilitated by IITA\u2019s Biometricians Sam Ofodile and Sam Korie. In addition to the statistical courses, Ovegho Okome, IITA Project Administrative Officer, discussed the Institute\u2019s financial reporting and accounting procedures.\n\nThe PRIA project is entirely funded by the DR Congo Government and managed by\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA<\/a><\/u>, and covered by a memo of understanding signed in Kinshasa in June 2013. Since it started in December 2013, PRIA continues to provide competitive research grants to Congolese researchers working with\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inera-drc.org\/accueil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INERA<\/a><\/u>, local universities, NGOs, and private organizations to\ncarry out innovative agricultural research in the food, livestock, and fish farming sectors. To date, about 44 of such research grants have been attributed to DR Congo researchers. These small grants were selected out of 300 applications.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two statistics courses were organized for IITA staff and partners in DR Congo on 25 January to 5 February.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17598,"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":[2345],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17597","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biostatisticsbulletin-no-2313sasstatistical-analysis-system","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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