Mr. Petro Kagusi, a cassava farmer from Kidete village, Mzenga ward, Kisarawe region, Eastern Tanzania is extremely happy with the new improved farming practices he has learned through the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project....
The IITA-CWMP and Bestacor Enterprises have trained 200 farmers in Benue State on Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management. The training was organized by Bestacor Enterprise on 17 August in Gboko, and IITA-CWMP was...
ACAI held a training of trainers for the Tanzanian development partners in August to kick off the validation of the ACAI decision support tools in the country. The training was organized to create a better...
The Cassava Compact of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (AfDB-TAAT) is using the recommendations of the IITA Cassava Weed Management Project as part of its Good Agricultural Practices in cassava...
The Federal Government has launched Cassava Seed Tracker (CST), to bring together stakeholders and end users of cassava across the world. Besides, the CST, first of its kind in the world will also help to reduce...
A group, the Cassava Growers Association of Nigeria (CGAN) , Osun State chapter has said that it is working towards setting up cassava processing centres across the state to process cassava into finish products. Chairman...
The Federal Government announced its intention to discourage importation of some items that can be easily be produced in this country including cassava, rice and wheat products. At the same time encourages those interested in...
…Trains 60 extension agents The international Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it plans to work closely with the Taraba State Government to transform cassava in the framework of the African Development Bank-funded Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation...
Government representatives, development partners and cassava researchers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam gather this week to devise a regional plan to contain the potentially devastating Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in Southeast Asia....
Cassava utilisation is limited because of the presence of cyanide, which causes poisoning. Various cassava tubers and varieties vary in the amount of cyanide content. The root which is edible contains lower cyanide compared to...
