The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and
University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
(UF/IFAS), have signed an agreement to work together to fight hunger,
poverty, and pollution in Africa. The agreement was signed in Des
Moines, Iowa, United States (U.S).
IITA’s Director-General, Nteranya Sanginga, signed the agreement on behalf of IITA. He did so after participating in a panel discussion organised by UF/IFAS on the Fall Armyworm’s threat to African food security.
“IITA and UF/IFAS share a common approach to science. We see discovery as a source of solutions, a catalyst for action, and the foundation for international cooperation,” Sanginga said, adding that combining our expertise will accelerate inquiry and is expected to hasten the identification of solutions to address the fall armyworm problem.
IITA is marking its 50th year as an agricultural research institute working with international partners to improve livelihoods and nutrition, and preserve natural resources. UF/IFAS celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.
Sanginga is a founding member of the Fall Armyworm Science Advisory Board that UF/IFAS convened in Iowa. The Board seeks to combat the rapid spread of an insect that threatens maize crops on which 200 million Africans depend for food security.
“UF/IFAS needs African expertise if it hopes to make a great impact on African challenges. Dr Sanginga and IITA are world renowned not only for their expertise, but for their willingness to share that expertise with other organisations,” Payne said.
The five-year pact between IITA and UF/IFAS is a broad framework for cooperation. It lays the foundation for the identification and implementation of specific and joint scientific projects.
“Africa has two great sources of appeal from a scientist’s point of view,” said Jack Payne, leader of UF/IFAS. “For one, it offers a great opportunity to put science to work improving lives. In addition, it is home to a corps of talented scientists such as those at IITA who are invaluable partners in that science,”he added.
IITA’s Director-General, Nteranya Sanginga, signed the agreement on behalf of IITA. He did so after participating in a panel discussion organised by UF/IFAS on the Fall Armyworm’s threat to African food security.
“IITA and UF/IFAS share a common approach to science. We see discovery as a source of solutions, a catalyst for action, and the foundation for international cooperation,” Sanginga said, adding that combining our expertise will accelerate inquiry and is expected to hasten the identification of solutions to address the fall armyworm problem.
IITA is marking its 50th year as an agricultural research institute working with international partners to improve livelihoods and nutrition, and preserve natural resources. UF/IFAS celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.
Sanginga is a founding member of the Fall Armyworm Science Advisory Board that UF/IFAS convened in Iowa. The Board seeks to combat the rapid spread of an insect that threatens maize crops on which 200 million Africans depend for food security.
“UF/IFAS needs African expertise if it hopes to make a great impact on African challenges. Dr Sanginga and IITA are world renowned not only for their expertise, but for their willingness to share that expertise with other organisations,” Payne said.
The five-year pact between IITA and UF/IFAS is a broad framework for cooperation. It lays the foundation for the identification and implementation of specific and joint scientific projects.
“Africa has two great sources of appeal from a scientist’s point of view,” said Jack Payne, leader of UF/IFAS. “For one, it offers a great opportunity to put science to work improving lives. In addition, it is home to a corps of talented scientists such as those at IITA who are invaluable partners in that science,”he added.
UF, IITA sign pact for joint agric research
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