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 inducted into the International Academy...
Marketers of cassava stems will earn customers’ confidence and make more money if they operate in the formal seed space rather than the informal sector. In addition, as formal seed actors, cassava seed entrepreneurs can...
Cassava seed producers have raised concerns over their inability to access loans and insurance cover to hedge against risks. They spoke at the second edition of the cassava seed business summit organized by the Building...
The Project Advisory Council (PAC) of the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2, (BASICS-II) project has commended the project's implementation team for the huge progress recorded in the last two years....
Dr Anna-Marie Ball, a public health and nutrition expert, is the new chairperson of the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2, (BASICS-II) project (BASICS-II) following the departure of former Harvestplus Country...
IITA GoSeed, an early generation seed company, made significant progress in 2021 as sales of improved cassava planting materials averaged $267,277 despite COVID-19 restrictions, the company revealed recently during the annual meeting of the Building...
…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...
