The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND and Market Development in the Niger Delta, MADE, Programme have identified strategic policy initiatives in agriculture to address the current economic challenges confronting Nigeria, create...
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) says the country can save over N800 billion foreign exchange, hitherto used for ethanol importation, by exploiting the potential of cassava. Pastor Segun Adewumi, the National President of the...
For many years, the Alayide community in Ado Awaye, Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State has been backward in its cassava produce until the birth of Psaltry International Limited in the community, a local...
Mr Bassey Elemi, Cross River State Coordinator of Fadama III project says the state is working toward exporting cassava leaves to other countries. Elemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Ekiti-born medical doctor Tope Aroge, has found fortune in processing cassava into flour, starch and animal feed. After eight years in the business, he is encouraging others to explore opportunities across the sector, DANIEL ESSIET...
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA), says Nigeria can save N2 trillion from the importation of wheat, if appropriate measures are put in place to boost cassava cultivation. Mr Segun Adewunmi, the National President of...
PSALTRY International Company Limited, one of the investors in the Nigerian cassava industry, has said that the country has started benefiting from its investment as the import substitution policy of the Federal Government in cassava...
An expert at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Mr. Kenton Dashiell, says low plant yield and poor agronomy practice is responsible for the poor status of most cassava farmers in Nigeria. Dashiell, who is...
In search for cassava processing technologies, to promote industrial research in the area of agriculture and to foster national unity between Nigeria and Liberia, delegates from Liberia, last week, visited to the Federal Institute of...
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has blamed the high cost of cassava by-products on the losses which cassava farmers incurred three years ago. The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of AFAN, Mr...
