As the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) prepares for its 4th International Cassava Conference in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, scheduled for June 11-15, 2018, its Director, Dr. Claude Fauquet has warned that...
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...
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...
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...
Support from The Rockefeller Foundation, in close partnership with the African Development Bank and AGRA, will enable processors to integrate smallholder farmers in their supply chain. IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, is pleased to announce...
St1 Nordic Oy (Helsinki, Finland;) has completed the construction of an Etanolix pilot plant at Ubon Bio Ethanol Ltd.’s (UBE) starch and ethanol plant site in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. In the project, St1 is piloting...
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has invested more than N2.7 billion to boost rice and cassava production in Benue State since September last year. Emmanuel Igba, the IFAD state programme coordinator, disclosed this in...
The Edo Government said on Tuesday that it would, in partnership with Elephant Group PLC, grow 1,155 hectares of cassava in the state. Gov. Godwin Obaseki, stated this when the group, a private concern, paid...
