Icrisat signs MoU to re-open centre in Nigeria

Hyderabad: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will soon re-establish its centre in Nigeria.

This intent was formalised through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN). The ICRISAT Director-General, Dr William D. Dar, and the Executive Director of ARCN, Dr B.Y. Abubakar, signed the MoU recently. The Chair of ICRISAT’s Governing Board, Dr Stein Bie, was present at the function.

ICRISAT had research collaboration with the Nigerian Government since 1987, with a research centre at Kano, which was later closed down. According to Dr Dar, the MoU will strengthen collaboration with Nigeria, and with the re-established centre ICRISAT scientists and their counterparts from the national agricultural research system of Nigeria will be able to work together closely on agricultural research.