𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐘𝐀𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚

In accelerating SDG2. zero hunger and youth employment and engagement in agriculture in Nigeria and Africa, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in partnership with the Dutch government, launched a youth initiative, Enabling Scaling of Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Food (YAS), with representatives from the Nigerian government, diplomats, policymakers…

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬

As the impacts of climate change, food insecurity, and conflict continue to intensify in Africa, plunging parts of the continent into a severe and enduring food crisis, African leaders, organizations, and global partners have continued to work in response to the increasing food and nutrition challenge of the continent. In…

𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀’𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚

National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC two of IITA’s strategic partners and stakeholders in the cassava production had a meeting at the institute’s Head quarters in Ibadan, Nigeria to further discuss ways to build up on the existing partnership with IITA, improve and scale…