Bulletin no. 2337 Archives

Picture of Sadanobu Kusaoke (center) flanked by DG Nteranya Sanginga (left), DDG Kenton Dashiell (right), DDG Kwame Akuffo-Akoto, Japanese scientists at IITA, members of staff and representatives of the IITA Youth Agripreneurs.

Japan, IITA to foster closer ties to benefit farmers through research

His Excellency Sadanobu Kusaoke, the new Japanese ambassador to Nigeria who assumed duty in 2015, has enjoined IITA management to work out more avenues through which the Japanese government and the Institute can collaborate. He made this call during his first meeting with DG Nteranya Sanginga and IITA management in Ibadan on 5 July. Kusaoke…

Picture of The AAHC conference will be held at the IITA-Ibadan campus.

African horticultural experts to meet on improving livelihoods through horticulture

The Nigerian Society for Horticultural Sciences, under the aegis of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) is hosting the 3rd All Africa Horticultural Congress (AAHC) on 7-12 August. The workshop “Horticulture for improved livelihoods” will be held at IITA, Ibadan, and is aimed at strengthening the voice of African agriculturists in their respective academic,…

Picture of Northern Nigerian youths proudly display their certificates of completion

IYA concludes training for Borno State youth

The “Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa” (N2Africa) project, in collaboration with the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA), has concluded training for the fifth batch of selected youth in the north of Nigeria. The trainings commenced on 3 September 2014 and were held through about eight workshops convened at different periods in…

Picture of DG Nteranya Sanginga (left) is shown the recent research developments within IITA-Kano campus

DG Sanginga lauds IITA-Kano staff during visit

DG Nteranya Sanginga paid a courtesy visit to IITA Kano station on 27 July to monitor ongoing projects and research activities. During his welcome meeting, the DG congratulated staff members for their hard work and efforts in making IITA what it is today. He stressed that his priority is staff wellbeing but emphasized that duties…

Picture of Omoshalewa Sholola addresses IITA-Tanzania staff.

IITA R4D to get better, stronger support with institutional restructuring – Sholola

IITA has experienced rapid growth in the last five years under the current leadership of DG Nteranya Sanginga―tripling its annual budget and nearly doubling numbers of staff and partnerships. This, in turn, necessitated institutional restructuring and reorganization currently underway to ensure more efficient and stronger support for its research-for-development (R4D) work. This was said by…