…As BASICS-II webinar attracts over 200 participants To help cassava farmers have easy access to improved cassava planting materials for the 2022 planting season, the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2...
Cassava is one of the crops powering the engine of agricultural development in Tanzania. In the latest breakthrough, ‘certified seed’ (= certified planting material) produced by smallholder seed producers has been shown to deliver huge...
The project Building Economically Sustainable Seed Systems for Cassava, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) organized a day-long National Cassava Business Summit to develop a cassava seed system in Tanzania. The summit was held on Thursday, 17 February...
Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Hussein Mohamed Bashe wants the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to support the East African region towards cassava, soybean and banana transformation for economic prosperity. In a meeting with...
Nigeria, the largest producer of cassava in the world, needs to adopt a new seed system approach to compete globally and keep the price of cassava-based foods stable and affordable in the country, experts have...
As farmers begin to prepare for the 2022 planting season, it is crucial to be guided by the popular saying, “you reap what you sow”. Farmers, therefore, need to plant the best seeds to reap...
The GIZ-funded Cassava & Maize Value Chain Project has established 60 cassava commercial seed entrepreneurs in Ogun and Oyo state as part of efforts to revamp the seeds system and create jobs in local communities....
Recognizing the gap in cassava seeds and the efforts being put in place by the project: Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase II (BASICS-II), the National Cassava Summit appreciated the progress made...
The project: Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2 (BASICS-II) and the Nigeria country office of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have agreed to work closely in reenforcing...
With 70% of families in Handeni District, Tanga region, suffering from food insecurity and hunger for years, poor performance and dropouts in schools were rife. In seeking a sustainable solution, the district leaders and agriculture...
