Farmers in Kogi and Benue recently expressed awe at the large sizes and number of roots produced by the new improved cassava varieties —Baba-70 and GameChanger— developed by the NextGen project as they joined to...
…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...
As the end of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project draws near, members of AKILIMO Nigeria held a meeting to discuss the continuity and sustainability of AKILIMO, a product of the project. A significant...
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...
As farmers begin to prepare for the 2022 planting season, it is crucial to be guided by the popular saying, “you reap what you sow”. Farmers, therefore, need to plant the best seeds to reap...
The GIZ-funded Cassava & Maize Value Chain Project has established 60 cassava commercial seed entrepreneurs in Ogun and Oyo state as part of efforts to revamp the seeds system and create jobs in local communities....
Recognizing the gap in cassava seeds and the efforts being put in place by the project: Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase II (BASICS-II), the National Cassava Summit appreciated the progress made...
The project: Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2 (BASICS-II) and the Nigeria country office of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have agreed to work closely in reenforcing...
The Justice Development and Peace Movement (JDPM), one of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) partners in Nigeria, recently honored the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), ACAI, Harvest Plus, and two outstanding IITA staff...
