L-R: Hakeem Ajeigbe, Consultant with ILRI and CDA, Dhulipala Ram Kiran, Research Scientist at ILRI, Prof Charles Anosike, DG/CEO, NiMet, Anthony Whitbread, Program Leader of Livestock, Climate, and Environment at ILRI, Prof. Murtala Badamasi, Coordinator of Training, Centre for Dry-Land Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano
The Director General of Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NiMet, Prof Charles Anosike, has assured the leadership of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the World Meteorology Organization, WMO, of a meaningful collaborstion in rolling back the frontiers of weather forecast.
Anosike made the pledge when the leadership of ILRI, and WMO, paid him a courtesy visit on the heels of the one-day workshop with the theme, “Understanding the landscape of agro-meteorological data resources and processes for facilitating climate-smart agriculture adoption”, hosted in Abuja.
The one day workshop was jointly hosted by NiMet and the ILRI in Abuja on Monday, 18th November 2024. The ILRI workshop was described by one of the participants as one of the best in recent times.
Responding to the tribute by his guests, Professor Anosike said he looked forward to a more robust collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in its future projects, and also promised that NiMet will implement key recommendations from the workshop which includes incorporating pastoralists in the work of the agency.
The NiMet DG later took the visiting ILRI team on a tour of the agency’s digital weather forecasting facility.
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