IITA received a delegation from Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Mali on 4 April. The visit’s objective was to understand better the different activities financed by the Norwegian government and executed by IITA in Mali and Niger for the Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies (CSAT) project and Ghana, Niger, and Mali, for the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) project. Norad Director General Bard Vegar Solhjell led the delegation.
IITA-Mali, through the CSAT project, is an important partner in implementing Norway’s agricultural cooperation programs in Mali. The visit followed a first field visit of CSAT activities in September 2021, led by May-Guri Saethre, Norad’s special advisor for climate change and food security activities in Mali and Niger.