An IITA delegation led by IITA Goodwill Ambassador Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, visited the President of the United Republic of Tanzania (URT), Her Excellency Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan, on 4 September at the State House in Dar es Salaam. The meeting occurred as Tanzania hosted the world’s donor community, experts, scientists, researchers, farmers, and other stakeholders at the week-long Africa Food Systems Forum to discuss solutions to recover, regenerate, and transform Africa’s food systems.
The delegation and President Hassan discussed ways to strengthen the excellent partnership and cooperation between IITA and the Tanzanian government through the Ministry of Agriculture and other ministries.