Abuja — The Japanese government has called for more effort from partners to support research in roots and tuber crops. This comes even as the country lauded the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), for its cutting edge research in root and tuber crops, which has produced several innovative outputs such as the propagation of yam through vine cuttings.
The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Toshitsugu Uesawa, who was represented by Mr. Shigeru Hamano, at the commissioning of Japan-assisted projects in IITA-Abuja station at the weekend said, "IITA's efforts have contributed towards sustainable development of agriculture in developing countries."
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