Mid-term Review: CDA, ACEPHAP to Get Additional World Bank Funds for Good Performance

Director of CDA, Prof Jibrin M. Jibrin and Director of ACEPHAP, Prof Hadiza Galadanci

The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) and the Africa Centre of Excellence in Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) have achieved high scores in the mid-term assessment of the performances of the Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) project performed by the World Bank. The information was conveyed on Monday, 7th November 2022 by Mr Harry Gerard Crimi Jnr in his presentation during the Nigeria country roundtable between the World Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD), and the 17 Nigerian ACEs.

Jigawa State Govt Signs Agreement with BUK for the Production of Sex-identified Tissue-Cultured Date Palm Seedlings

CDA Signs Agreement with Jigawa State to Provide 100,000 Seedlings of Date Palm

The Jigawa State government has signed an agreement with Bayero University, Kano (BUK) for the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) to produce 100,000 sex-identified Date Palm seedlings for distribution to farming communities across Jigawa State. The agreement, which was earlier endorsed by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, was signed in Dutse on Wednesday March 23, 2022 by the Honourable Commissioner of Agriculture during the opening ceremony of a Policy Workshop on indigenous tree restoration organized by CDA.

Nigerien Minister of Higher Education in BUK, Seeks Collaboration on Research, Academic Linkage

Nigerien Minister for Higher Education in BUK

The Minister for Higher Education and Research from the Republic of Niger, Mamodu Djibo on Friday, 18th February, 2022 led a powerful delegation from the French speaking country on a courtesy call to the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas to seek collaboration between BUK and Nigerien higher institutions on research, staff and  other academic linkage programmes.