The IITA led African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project has set the 2018 calendar of activities around running validation trials for the six Decision Support Tools (DSTs) that the project is developing. The first validation trials were set up in...
Stakeholders have called for pragmatic strategies to improve Nigeria‘s position as a leading cassava producer, using innovation and technology. Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) Director, Dr Claude Fauquet, who spoke at a...
The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, (FIIRO) on Thursday called for legislation on cassava flour inclusion in wheat flour for bread and confectioneries. The Director-General, FIIRO, Prof. Gloria Elemo, made the call at a...
Daily market potential of cassava production and processing is worth over N9.5billion, experts have said. They spoke at a stakeholders’ workshop organized by FIIRO and Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (CAVA) at the weekend. It...
The Cassava Weed Management is organizing a training titled; "Novel Techniques for Weed Management in Cassava Farming Systems." For details see below; [caption id="attachment_1295" align="aligncenter" width="321"] The training on Novel Techniques on Weed Management in Cassava[/caption]
Cassava is currently the fourth most important food crop in the world after maize, wheat and rice. The crop is grown on over 24 million hectares in 105 countries in the world and the global...
…300 researchers, policymakers to attend mega cassava meeting in Cotonou Africa needs to double her cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, says the Director for the Global Cassava Partnership for the...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture on Tuesday said the continent needed 30 tonnes per hectare of cassava by 2050 from the current nine tonnes per hectare. Dr Claude Fauguet, Director of the Global Cassava...
The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st century (GCP21) will on 17 April 2018 hold a world press conference to announce the fourth International Cassava Conference billed to take place in Cotonou, Benin in 11-15...
The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st century (GCP21) with support from the French Institute of Benin in the framework of the French Embassy in Cotonou is organizing a photo competition under the theme; “Cassava...
