IITA, Australia to collaborate on wheat production

The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, John Donnelly, says his country is willing to collaborate with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to explore wheat production.
 
A statement quoted Donnelly as saying that the Australian Commission was proposing collaboration on wheat production if IITA, through agricultural cooperation, was willing to add wheat to its mandate crops.
 
The Legume Geneticist and Breeder, Christian Fatokun, who spoke on behalf of the West African Hub Director, Michael Abberton, was quoted as saying “Through our plant health laboratory, we also support the Nigerian government to ensure that seeds imported into the country meet international plant quarantine standards…
 
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https://punchng.com/iita-australia-to-collaborate-on-wheat-production/
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