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22.08.24
Angolan delegates from the Institute for Agrarian Development (IDA) visited IITA-CGIAR headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria, from 5 to 9 August. The visit was strategically aimed at bolstering partnership with IITA to deliver proven technologies and support to smallholder farmers in Angola.
The World Bank-funded Smallholder Agricultural Transformation Project (MOSAP 3), which is currently running in Angola, seeks to increase smallholder farmers’ productivity per hectare. Hence, it is seeking collaboration with IITA to deliver all-round solutions for farmers in their Farmer Field Schools.
IDA Director General Felismino da Costa said the various crop improvement solutions, capacity development, and technological packages available in IITA meet the aspirations of the Angolan government, especially for youths and women involved in crop and livestock farming in Angola. Some of their identified intervention directions are maize, sorghum, millet, cassava, beans, and livestock.