US journal cites IITA as outstanding partner for progress

Foremost agricultural journal of American farmers—The Progressive Farmer—has said that IITA’s partnership with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research (SIL) is providing the needed technical support to improve agriculture and address African nutritional needs.

The innovation lab which is located at the University of Illinois also collaborates with researchers from several institutions to provide expertise and help African consumers and farmers get easy access to soybean and its products.

In an article entitled “A taste for Soy” published in the March 2017 edition of the journal, Peter Goldsmith, principal investigator for the Soybean Innovation Lab spoke extensively about how specialists from various American universities are working with research and development organizations in Africa such as IITA and the National Agricultural Research System of Africa to show how soy can help enrich both livestock rations and human diets.

“SIL works with IITA, because they (IITA) have the expertise in tropical environments to identify and promote improved seed management practices and to increase soybean breeding capacity, develop adapted cultivars for the region, and introduce elite germplasm,” Goldsmith says.

SIL also partners with IITA to find ways to manage seed quality and postharvest storage and loss in the tropical climate. Read full article here.