NRCRI UMUDIKE
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In line with its national and zonal mandates, the Institute has the responsibility of conducting research into several areas of agricultural endeavour.
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IITA
Africa's leading research partner in finding solutions to hunger & poverty🌽 2018 Africa Food Prize Winner🌍 Transforming African agriculture since 1967.
Umudike Seeds
Hub of Quality Seeds in Nigeria. Early generation seeds of #Root and #Tuber crops
Alliance for Science
A global communications initiative working to improve understanding of science-based agricultural innovations and challenge misinformation. Based @BTIScience.
CGIAR
CGIAR is the largest public agricultural innovation network. Science and evidence for #SDGs and a world free of poverty, hunger and environmental degradation.
Chiedozie Egesi
Executive Director CEO @nrcri_umudike Scientist @IITA_CGIAR Adjunct Professor @cornell Director @nextgencassava.
Happy Workers' Day celebration🥳
#workersday2024
Chiedozie Egesi Tessy Ugo Madu Yemi Olojede IITA Umudike Seeds
ED, Prof Chiedozie Egesi & his Management team played host to some officers from the National Institute for Security Studies, Bwari Nigeria.
The interactive meeting availed them the opportunity to brainstorm on the role of artificial intelligence in increasing agricultural productivity.
This week: 29th April to 3rd May📌
Ongoing RootsTubersBananas Breeding meeting on Product Design Team meetings, Breeding Program assessments, Sub-grant proposal development and breeding station assessment @Nrcri_umudike.
CGIAR IITA vishnuvardhanreddy banda International Potato Center Chiedozie Egesi USAID Nig Federal Ministry of Agriculture &Food Security
#AgriDrive model for #mechanization & #processing of #cassava is a pragmatic approach for agribusiness. NRCRI UMUDIKE is committed to holding the hands of cassava producers to achieve improved production for a sustainable supply of feedstock to the processing plant.
AATF Africa
Happening now ...
Official Launch of the Mechanization of #Cassava Production and Processing project, at Fashola Agribiz Hub, Oyo State.
AATF Africa IITA Food and Agriculture Organization Chiedozie Egesi
Over reliance on a limited spectrum of major calorie sources like wheat, rice and maize has exposed #Africa to unadapted #agriculture , #malnutrition , food trade deficits and impoverished economies
-Prof Chiedozie Egesi
#VACS CoP
Food and Agriculture Organization Cary Fowler USAID African Union Food and Agriculture Organization Nig Federal Ministry of Agriculture &Food Security
#Indigenous crops are the crops to depend on as they have better nutritional values and are better adapted to their growing environment.
-Prof Chiedozie Egesi
Executive Director
NRCRI UMUDIKE
African Union Food and Agriculture Organization Cary Fowler USAID IITA #VACS
Have you registered yet? Its happening today📌
#RegisterNow via➡️ bit.ly/VACS2024 to participate virtually
Food and Agriculture Organization USAID African Union Cary Fowler Chiedozie Egesi IITA Sahel Consulting AgroNigeria Umudike Seeds
A happy #Earth is a well nurtured Earth 🌍
NRCRI UMUDIKE is committed to sustainable agricultural practices and innovative solutions to feed an ever growing population while preserving the Earth for future generations.
#happyearthday Chiedozie Egesi IITA Food and Agriculture Organization Nig Federal Ministry of Agriculture &Food Security
The ED, Prof Chiedozie Egesi will speak during the Inaugural Webinar for the #Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Global Community of Practice (CoP)
Kindly register to be part of the webinar using this link👇
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/b76c83ea…
Cary Fowler Food and Agriculture Organization African Union USAID
We delivered more #Cassava Breeders this week. All Alumni of the NextGen Cassava project. We are growing the community.
Congratulations to NRCRI UMUDIKE and IITA young scientists Joseph (NRCRI), Cynthia (IITA) and Simon Peter (NRCRI) RootsTubersBananas Breeding
