Heads of
implementing partner institutions comprising the National Root Crops Research
Institute(NRCRI), Umudike, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta(FUNAAB),
and the University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) are proud over the progress
made towards the implementation of the Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP)—a
project that is led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(IITA).
In a
briefing session with the Project Coordinating team in Makurdi, the Vice
Chancellor of the University of Agriculture Makurdi, Prof Emmanuel Kucha thanked
the team for a good job and reechoed the support of the University to the
project. Prof Kucha who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of UAM,
Prof John Ayoade said the equipment donated to the University by the project
were of great help to research. He commended the team for efficient and
effective sharing of information on the activities of the project through the
newsletter and social media, and also called on other projects to emulate the
IITA-CWMP.
At the
NRCRI, the Executive Director, Dr Julius Okonkwo lauded the milestones
achievement of the project through capacity building adding that his institute
would continue to provide the necessary support to ensure that the project
attains its goals and impacts positively on farmers. Dr Okonkwo pledged to
ensure that the project’s assets and research trials were protected and
secured.
Demonstrating
his commitment to the Project, the NRCRI boss promised to release additional 4
hectares to the IITA-CWMP for trials this season at Utobi in Benue state.
The Vice
Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Prof O. B.
Oyewole said his University was glad to be part of the IITA-CWMP. He emphasized
that the results from the project would be useful to the society in general,
and the advancement of the productivity of cassava in Nigeria.
Earlier the
Principal Investigator of the IITA-CWMP, Prof Friday Ekeleme and the Communication & Knowledge Exchange
Expert, Mr Godwin Atser had made oral presentations on the activities of the
project in the outgoing year and plans for the year 2015. Prof Ekeleme said the successful
implementation of the activities of the project last year was a joint effort of
NRCRI, FUNAAB, UAM and IITA under the leadership of the Project Coordinator, Dr
Alfred Dixon.
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