{"id":17609,"date":"2026-06-20T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/enhancing-soybean-production-in-nigeria-through-the-sard-sc-maize-system\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:12:27","slug":"enhancing-soybean-production-in-nigeria-through-the-sard-sc-maize-system","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/enhancing-soybean-production-in-nigeria-through-the-sard-sc-maize-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing soybean production in Nigeria through the SARD-SC maize system"},"content":{"rendered":"The IITA\/SARD-SC maize system soybean production enhancement planning workshop was held 1\u20134 February in Abuja to promote soybean cultivation and utilization in Nigeria. The workshop became imperative because of the huge deficit in the annual demand for the crop. Demand is currently estimated at 2.2 million tons; the annual production of 600,000 tons is grossly inadequate to meet this demand hence the need for a concerted effort to bridge the gap.\n\nThe project is expected to mobilize the strength and expertise of stakeholders in the maize\u2013soybean value chain to support production of soybean, a complementary crop to the maize commodity value chain in the SARD-SC project.\n\nIn his opening remarks, Chrys Akem, SARD-SC Project Coordinator, reiterated the importance of soybean and bemoaned the current low cultivation of the legume in the country.\n<div id=\"attachment_321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Chrys-Akem-at-the-soybean-workshop_1024.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-321\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Chrys-Akem-at-the-soybean-workshop_1024.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Chrys-Akem-at-the-soybean-workshop_1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Chrys-Akem-at-the-soybean-workshop_1024-300x174-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Chrys-Akem-at-the-soybean-workshop_1024-768x446-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Chrys-Akem-at-the-soybean-workshop_1024-450x261.jpg 450w\" alt=\"Chrys Akem reiterates the importance of promoting soybean at the workshop.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chrys Akem reiterates the importance of promoting soybean at the workshop.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\u201cThis workshop is an opportunity for us to walk our way back to the days when we had a surplus and strengthen soybean cultivation as a companion crop to maize.\u201d Akem enumerated the many advantages of soybean as a food and nutritional security crop in Africa and the many existing high yielding varieties with good resistance to rust. He mentioned the opportunity for market linkages through the innovation platforms while challenging the soybean growers and poultry feed millers to maintain the sustainability of the soybean industry.\n\nSam Ajala, Maize Commodity Specialist, emphasized how the workshop participants could help map out a focused and clear goal for the crop in the next five years, and introduce business-led models to market soybean.\n\nIn his paper, titled Enhancing Soybean Production within the SARD-SC Maize Project in Nigeria, Kolawole Ojo, SARD-SC Soybean Scientist, pointed to the economic importance of the crop and the complementarity of maize\u2212soybean production. \u201cSoybean improves soil fertility through atmospheric nitrogen fixation. Processed soybeans are the world\u2019s largest source of animal feed and the second largest source of vegetable oil,\u201d he said.\n\nOjo said that the SARD-SC project will help generate improved maize and soybean production\/utilization technologies; ensure dissemination\/promotion of improved technologies; enhance food and nutrition security; and contribute to poverty reduction in Africa. Ojo emphasized the importance of partnership with national and international scientists, seed companies, processors, farmers, NGOs, and extension workers as part of the operational strategy to achieve these projections. Some of the steps to enhance soybean production include capacity building of the value chain actors, and generation and promotion of preferred maize\/soybean varieties that could be adapted to various agroecologies and that are tolerant to major biotic and abiotic stresses.\n\nSoybean scientists from research institutes, soybean farmers, poultry farmers, representatives of seed companies, and other interested stakeholders attended the workshop and brainstormed on the strategies to enhance soybean cultivation. They also deliberated on the way forward for soybean production enhancement.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IITA\/SARD-SC maize system soybean production enhancement planning workshop was held 1\u20134 February in Abuja to promote soybean cultivation and utilization in Nigeria.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17610,"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":[2351],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17609","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletin-no-2312maizesoybean","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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