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NAQS honors IITA with “Service Support Award” for phytosanitary capacity development
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27 April 2021
A long-time collaborator and partner, the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS), honored IITA with the “Service Support Award” for excellent support and collaboration towards the achievements of its mandate. The plaque was given during the passing out ceremony of new NAQS staff on 16 April 2021, at the Regional Post Entry and Diagnostics Centre, Moor Plantation, Ibadan. Dr Vincent Isegbe, NAQS Director General, gave the award in the presence of the Head of Post-entry Plant Quarantine Station, Mr Akindele Ogunfunmilayo, and the NAQS management team.
This recognition is catalyzed by the work of the Germplasm Health and Virology Units of IITA, headed by Lava Kumar, which has made IITA proud through the “outstanding services and contributions to phytosanitary capacity development and biosecurity procedures that ensure safe transfers of plant germplasm
IITA focuses on integrated digital tools for accelerating agricultural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa
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15 January 2021
IITA has been at the forefront of using information and communication technologies (ICTs) for research management and knowledge sharing, including extension, scaling out, e-learning, collaboration, and agricultural services enhancement.
Recently, ICTs have fast emerged as frontline tools for transforming agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments, developmental organizations, and the donor community are increasingly depending on ICTs to unleash the potential of rural economies and bridge agricultural value chains for enhanced profitability.
Communicator explaining the use of a digital tool to a farmer
According to Alfred Dixon, Director, Development and Delivery, “IITA believes that sharing and delivery of knowledge and products for adoption by intended end-users using digital platforms are critical to achieve research and dev
Agric stakeholders push for national adoption of IITA “Six Steps” toolkit and improved varieties for cassava transformation
DEC 31, 2020
Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management &Best Planting Practices toolkit that was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); and the use of improved cassava varieties, to increase cassava productivity in the country.
The stakeholders reached the agreement at a one-day meeting tagged, “Addressing the yield gap in cassava during COVID-19 era: The role of Cassava Seed System and the Six Steps to Weed Management & Best Planting Practices of AKILIMO”, held on Tuesday at the Conference Centre of IITA in Ibadan.