EU funds yam research
Yam plant, IITA. Photo by IITA.
The European Union-African, Caribbean and Pacific Science and Technology Program (EU-ACP) will support research to improve and promote yam in West and Central Africa (WCA). The program will benefit six WCA countries: Cameroon, Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.
The project, tagged “Strengthening Capacity for Yam Research-for-Development in Central and Western Africa (SCYReC),” aims to improve the capacity for yam research-for-development in the region. It will help find sustainable solutions, through science and technology, to the challenges facing the crop and exploit its tremendous potential for food security and poverty alleviation.
Yam tubers. Photo by IITA.
It will also build and increase the capacities of partners, and provide a platform for increased documentation and dissemination of information from yam research and development.
The EU support confirms the renewed global interest on yam as a vital income and food security crop in Africa.
IITA will manage and implement the project in collaboration with a team of national partners in 13 research institutions in the six countries.
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