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IITA’s first collaborative projects
July 16, 2017IITA’s first project involving research cooperation was established in 1971 with the Overseas Development Administration in the UK. The project focused…
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The Consultative Group on International Agricutural Research*
July 16, 2017IITA is part of the 15 international research centers scattered across the world under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research…
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The two principal founders of IITA
July 8, 2017The idea of a research institute in sub-Saharan Africa was first discussed by Forrest Hill and George Harrar of the Ford…
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The start of IITA’s Training Program, and progress to date
July 7, 2017A. Hugh Bunting, Chairman of IITA’s Board of Trustees from 1978 to 1979, wrote a report on training for staff of…
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IITA50-LookingBack: PPS and the IITA Campus
June 26, 2017The IITA Campus we know today owes its history to the institute’s Physical Plant Services (PPS). Plans for the first phase…
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Biafran War almost impeded IITA establishment!
June 15, 2017The official legislation that would eventually construct IITA was just being reviewed by representatives of the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations when…
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The Nigerian Government’s role in the establishment of IITA
June 15, 2017IITA’s 1000-hectare land was actually a donation of the Nigerian government, with an annual rental fee of one peppercorn (if demanded)….
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Peppercorn used as IITA annual rental
June 15, 2017The 1000-hectare land that the IITA campus rests on was donated by the government to the Ford and Rockefeller foundation. The…
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Myers’ “mandate”
June 15, 2017Will Martin Myers, a representative of the Rockefeller Foundation, wrote a 38-page document entitled “International Institute of Tropical Agriculture: Tentative Scope…
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Gowon, Obasanjo, Adesina, Elumelu, others to speak at IITA’s 50th anniversary
June 5, 2017Two former heads of state of Nigeria, Dr Yakubu Gowon, and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will be among dignitaries that would grace…
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