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Featured news
IITA recorded three simultaneous “firsts”, all on 30 June when management went all-out to announce the anniversary celebrations in Lagos State, Nigeria.
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, W. Stuart Symington, impressed by the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) program, has said that he is convinced and compelled to share the “Farming is cool” gospel of IYA with the rest of the world.
The Nigerian Minister of Finance, Honorable Kemi Adeosun, visited the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on 10 June to learn about the IITA Agripreneurs Program (IYA) and the African Development Bank-funded ENABLE Youth (Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Employment) Program.
Featured events
IITA 50th Anniversary celebration (July)
24 – 29 July 2017
IITA Alumni Reunion 2017
24 – 29 July 2017
IITA 50th Anniversary celebration (November)
20 – 25 November 2017