The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the areas of research and training collaboration. The MoU is in pursuit of excellence in scholarship and dissemination of knowledge to generate reciprocal benefit within a framework of openness, fairness and equity that would serve both parties.

The MoU aims at promoting sustainable, productive research and training in the area of biotechnology as well as staff exchange. The areas of collaboration include joint research and training programmes; student exchange; joint proposals for external funding; joint sponsorship of attendance of scholarly and technical meetings and conferences; joint publications; exchange of materials, articles and other publications; as well as other activities that may be mutually agreed upon.