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PiLAF Brown Bag Explores Digital Solutions for Post-Harvest Management and Market Access

June 25, 2026

The 19th edition of the PiLAF Brown Bag Series convened researchers, policymakers, development practitioners, agribusiness professionals, and other stakeholders for an engaging discussion on “Digitized Post-Harvest Management: Building Smart Aggregation Networks for Market Access.” As PiLAF’s bimonthly knowledge-sharing platform, the Brown Bag Series continues to foster dialogue and collaboration on critical issues shaping Nigeria’s agricultural […]

PiLAF, IITA & NADF Forge Strategic Partnership to Develop Nigeria’s First Baseline Agrifood Outlook

June 12, 2026

A major milestone was recorded in Nigeria’s agricultural policy landscape as the Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), successfully convened a four-day capacity-building […]

Bridging the Last Mile: Key Insights from PiLAF’s 18th Brown Bag Series

April 23, 2026

The Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF) recently hosted the 18th edition of its Brown Bag Series, a bi-monthly knowledge-sharing platform that brings together researchers, practitioners, and policy actors to discuss critical issues shaping agricultural transformation. The session, themed “Tackling the Last Mile Infrastructure Gap for Smallholder Farmers through Digital […]

PiLAF at the 6th Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA 2025)

April 14, 2026

Land remains one of Africa’s most valuable yet contested resources, shaping livelihoods, agricultural productivity, and rural development. At the 6th Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA 2025) held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, researchers from PiLAF contributed to this important continental dialogue with new insights on […]

17TH EDITION OF PiLAF BROWN BAG SERIES: INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMING AND THE SOIL VALUES PROGRAMME

February 23, 2026

The 17th edition of PiLAF’s Brown Bag Series, held on February 19th, 2026, spotlighted innovative approaches to agricultural programming in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the topic: “Innovative Agricultural Programming: Lessons from Soil Values Programme in the Sahel.” The session addressed the long-standing challenge of overlapping and duplicated interventions, with Arogunyo Joshua highlighting that […]

STRENGTHENING SOIL HEALTH TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY: PiLAF AT NIGERIAN FARMERS SOIL HEALTH SCHEME (FSHS) LAUNCH

October 15, 2025

Soil health is the capacity of soil to function as a living and dynamic ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans. Healthy soil supports nutrient availability, water retention, biodiversity, and climate resilience. Years of declining soil fertility, inefficient fertilizer use, and land degradation have continued to affect crop productivity in Nigeria. Strengthening soil health is […]

PiLAF INTERNS DELIVER INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATIONS ON POLICY REFORM FRAMEWORKS

October 14, 2025

The Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF) had an engaging presentation on the Kaleidoscope Model of Policy Change, a framework developed by D. Resnick et al., delivered by two of its interns, Adesina Samuel Victor and Adeyemi Dominion Anjolajesu, who are currently undertaking their Practical Year Training Program (PYTP). They […]

PiLAF PARTNERS WITH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN ON RESEARCH NETWORK EXPLORING CONFLICT-AFFECTED AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA

October 13, 2025

We are proud to share progress on the Network on Conflict-Affected Agriculture in Nigeria, a collaborative research project between the Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF) at the University of Ibadan, serving as the partner organisation, and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research at University College Dublin (UCD). Funded […]

STRENGTHENING POLICY LEADERSHIP: PiLAF AND RuSAN HOST STRATEGIC PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING

October 8, 2025

The Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF), in collaboration with the Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RuSAN), successfully held a pre-conference policy training on Monday, October 6, 2025, at the PiLAF Building, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, as part of activities marking the 34th Annual Congress of RuSAN. The […]

STRENGTHENING NIGERIA–BRAZIL TIES: PILAF HOSTS WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY DELEGATION EMERGING FROM PRESIDENT TINUBU’S VISIT TO BRAZIL

September 29, 2025

In August 2025, President Bola Tinubu undertook a state visit to Brazil where Nigeria and Brazil signed five key Memoranda of Understanding covering trade, aviation, science and technology, diplomacy, and agriculture. That historic visit rekindled bilateral ties between the two nations, opening new opportunities for collaboration in food security, research, and sustainable development. One of […]

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