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Hyderabad. Sept. 25

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.

— Our Bureau

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