IITA News no. 2554 Archives

Dr Nteranya Sanginga, IITA Director General

DG Sanginga’s tenure extended to ensure stability

The CGIAR-IITA Board of Trustees (BoT) has announced a one-year extension for Director General Nteranya Sanginga’s leadership tenure. Board Chair, Dr Christian Borgemeister, disclosed this to the Institute’s staff in a video address, where he explained the rationale for the decision to have the DG stay until November 2022. “Our reasoning as the IITA Board…

Panelists at the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2020

Youth empowerment key to African agricultural transformation

“Investing in young people is never a waste,” and to achieve the required agricultural transformation on the continent, Africa’s youth must be empowered and mentored. Training Coordinator of Young Africa Works-IITA, Evelyn Ohanwusi, asserted this at the Generation Africa panel, which took place on 9 September during the AGRF in Kigali, Rwanda. Ohanwusi joined other…

Nine CGIAR centers come together to deliver agronomic solutions at scale

During the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) virtual summit, CGIAR centers, supported by the Big Data Platform, launched the Excellence in Agronomy 2030 (EiA 2030) initiative. In his opening remarks, Dr Martin Kropff, Director General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Co-chair of the One CGIAR Transition Advisory Group, said that…

Dr Kenton Dashiell highlighting TAAT’s role in transforming Africa’s agriculture.

TAAT @ AGRF2020: To feed the cities, Africa must close the yield gap, experts say

With the rains growing heavier, oceans rising and rural inhabitants migrating to cities on an unprecedented scale, leaving African cities under dual pressure from uncontrolled urbanization and hunger worsened by climate change, experts have identified closing the yield gap as a way out. This came out strongly at the just concluded African Green Revolution Forum’s…

AGRF 2020 highlights Africa’s internal $250 billion agricultural trade opportunity

In its 10th anniversary summit, the recent African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2020, which took place in Kigali, Rwanda, focused on Africa’s rapidly expanding cities and food markets. Multiple speakers talked about the current African city markets that represent a US$250 billion opportunity, a value five times bigger than our present export markets. A video…