{"id":17737,"date":"2026-06-20T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/yam-investors-trained-on-seed-yam-tuber-production-at-iita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:58:58","slug":"yam-investors-trained-on-seed-yam-tuber-production-at-iita","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/yam-investors-trained-on-seed-yam-tuber-production-at-iita\/","title":{"rendered":"Yam investors trained on seed yam tuber production at IITA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a> Capacity Development Office (CDO) and Yam Improvement Program (YIP) organized training on seed yam tuber production recently for yam investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_31410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31410\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31410\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Yam-investors-trained-at-IITA.jpg\" alt=\"Participants of the seed yam tuber production training\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants of the seed yam tuber production training<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2-day training exposed participants to seed value-chain analysis and the various seed categories that can be produced under license from the <a href=\"https:\/\/seedcouncil.gov.ng\/\">National Agricultural Seed Council<\/a> (NASC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seed and seed production techniques are critical to commercial-scale yam production, especially as focus is now shifting to utilisation of yam beyond domestic consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A highlight of the training covered requirements for tuber export, seed health and technologies, and storage systems. Facilitators also emphasized the need to leverage on the qualities of the newly released <em>D. alata<\/em> cultivars from IITA as a composite to enhance the flour industry in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Pelemo Olugboyega IITA Yam breeder, a focus on the newly released water yam could unlock the industrial use of yam. This will have positive implications for smallholder farmers and the beverage, food, and pharmaceutical industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been recent calls to the flour industry to explore other sources of flour to reduce dependence on wheat supply, which has been affected by the Ukraine-Russia war. The training served as an avenue for key stakeholders to have conversations around exploring yam flour as an alternative to wheat in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contributed by Pelemo Olugboyega<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IITA Capacity Development Office (CDO) and Yam Improvement Program (YIP) organized training on seed yam tuber production recently for yam 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