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...
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...
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), is set to make cassava business attractive in Nigeria. It is working through Cassava Mechanisation and Agro-Processing Project (CAMAP). CAMAP, funded by the United Kingdom Agency...
Twelve African countries will be meeting in Cotonou, Benin Republic from Thursday, June 7 to Saturday, June 9, 2018, to discuss joint actions towards responding to the threat of Cassava Viral Diseases (CVD), ravaging the...
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...
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) says it is targeting the production of additional two million tonnes of cassava for industrial use in the next cropping season. National President of the association, Mr. Segun Adewumi,...
Harvestplus, an international agricultural organisation, and partners recently trained widows and caregivers in Akwa-Ibom State on cultivation of Vitamin A cassava and maize as well as entrepreneurial skills. The Harvestplus Country Manager, Dr Paul Ilona...
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 21st Century (GCP21), Dr Claude Fauquet in Lagos. Addressing a...
