Sir Kanji Ubullaun, a 70-year-old retired civil servant in Benue state, had just returned from the plot of land where he was planning to build a new house when the media team from the Sasakawa...
The Project Manager of the Building an Economically Sustainable and Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Prof. Lateef Sanni, has been nominated to the Board of...
The Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) of the International Institution of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) recently highlighted some of the transformative impact it is having on Africa’s food system, job...
The Country Director of the Sasakawa Africa Association, Nigeria, Dr Godwin Atser, has called for a concerted effort to tackle poverty in Africa, especially among farmers and rural dwellers. Speaking recently at a side event...
“The success of the BASICS project demonstrates the possibilities that exist in Africa to change the narrative of agriculture if leaders on the continent so desire.” Those were the words of Lawrence Kent, Senior Program...
Some Cassava Seed entrepreneurs (CSEs) operating under the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) project have recently been sharing inspirational stories of their successes in the cassava seed business. These...
Liberia and international partners have developed a seed road map to help transform the country’s agricultural sector, which has been badly devastated by civil war. From 1989 to 1996 and 1999 to 2003, Liberia suffered...
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) in Nigeria recently trained 10 extension agents on cassava seed production and cassava weed management techniques in Benue state. The training was organized within the framework of the Building an...
Cassava farmers in Benue State are excited over the positive outlook of their cassava fields as they anticipate high yields this harvest season; and hundreds among them taking up the business of selling improved seeds...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with Liberia's Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) and other stakeholders are organizing a summit to draw a seed road map for the...
