The Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF) actively participated in the Oyo State International Agribusiness Summit 2025, held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, from December 3rd–4th, 2025. The Summit, themed “Expanding… Read More »PiLAF PARTICIPATED IN THE OYO STATE INTERNATIONAL AGRIBUSINESS SUMMIT 2025
The Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF) actively participated in the just concluded 4th Annual International Hybrid Conference of the Nigeria Association of Macroeconomic Modellers (NAMM), held at the University of Ibadan Conference Centre, Otunba… Read More »PiLAF PARTICIPATED IN 4TH ANNUAL NAMM INTERNATIONAL HYBRID CONFERENCE ON POLICY INNOVATIONS AND DIGITAL MACROECONOMIC MODELLING
The Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF) visited the WorldFish Nigeria Country Representative at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on November 27th, 2025, as part of its ongoing commitment to strengthening evidence-driven policies in… Read More »PiLAF ENGAGED WORLDFISH NIGERIA ON STRENGTHENING FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE POLICY
The Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF), in collaboration with the Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS), hosted the 16th Edition of its Brown Bag Series on November 13, 2025. The session brought together… Read More »PiLAF HOSTED THE 16TH BROWN BAG SERIES IN COLLABORATION WITH NIFAAS: STRENGTHENING POLICY FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN NIGERIA
PiLAF participated alongside stakeholders from across Africa at the 12th Annual Stakeholders Conference of the Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI), held in Kigali, Rwanda, from November 3rd to 6th, 2025. The thematic focus of the conference is… Read More »PiLAF PARTICIPATED IN THE 12th ANAPRI ANNUAL STAKEHOLDERS’ CONFERENCE – KIGALI, RWANDA
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,… Read More »STRENGTHENING SOIL HEALTH TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY: PiLAF AT NIGERIAN FARMERS SOIL HEALTH SCHEME (FSHS) LAUNCH
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… Read More »PiLAF INTERNS DELIVER INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATIONS ON POLICY REFORM FRAMEWORKS
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… Read More »PiLAF PARTNERS WITH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN ON RESEARCH NETWORK EXPLORING CONFLICT-AFFECTED AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA
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,… Read More »STRENGTHENING POLICY LEADERSHIP: PiLAF AND RuSAN HOST STRATEGIC PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING
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… Read More »STRENGTHENING NIGERIA–BRAZIL TIES: PILAF HOSTS WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY DELEGATION EMERGING FROM PRESIDENT TINUBU’S VISIT TO BRAZIL