Nigeria’s cassava output is set to increase as a result of rising demand by China for cassava products used in food and pharmaceuticals and as a bio-fuel, according to the Nigerian Cassava Growers Association (NCGA)....
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA), has completed training for framers in Edo State on farm mechanisation and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). Explaining the rationale for the training, held in Benin City, the Edo State...
The International Scientific Committee under the auspices of the GCP21 presented a special recognition to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for funding dozens of projects related to cassava, thereby contributing to the transformation of...
A lecturer at the Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Dr. Abdul-Rasak Adebowale, has advocated a law to back up the policy of 10 per cent cassava flour inclusion in...
Foreign businesses have agreed to purchase nearly 1.5 million tonnes of Thai tapioca products at the World Tapioca Conference 2018 recently organised in Bangkok. The business matching event between Thai traders and importers from China,...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) will be holding a two-day training on innovative technologies for weed management in cassava in July. This programme is part of efforts aimed at sharing to a wider...
… CMD threatens 55 million annual cassava production The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) that is threatening...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) today said it will invest $120 million in the next 2-3 years to boost the productivity and transform cassava and other eight other commodities on the continent. The nine commodities...
A Principal Scientist and Cassava Breeder with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Alfred Dixon; and Dr Hernan Ceballos of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have won the 2018 Golden Cassava...
If the Cassava sector is properly repositioned, it is capable of saving the African continent about $1.2b, which can be redirected into the continent’s domestic economies. Director for Agriculture, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Martin...
