The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has commenced the dissemination of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices toolkit on television. The TV...
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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) working in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
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The Oyo state government through its Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) is partnering the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) project to develop a sustainable...
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The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has trained 38 third party seed certifying agents in Kogi and Benue States, as part of efforts to ensure the effective regulation of the seed industry and offer farmers...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says only farmers who grow improved disease-free cassava stems will have access to the N25billion facility it has created to boost cassava production in the country. The policy aims...
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…As BASICS-II sensitizes on the benefits of seed system for cassava The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), through the Africa Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI), has organized a three-day training on the Six Steps to...
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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) to advance the development of the cassava seed sector. The MoU which was developed...
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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) on Thursday enlisted 45 farmers in Kogi state as cassava seed entrepreneurs (CSEs). The CSEs were...
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The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project held a training session for the Tanzanian government extension officers on the use of Fertilizer Recommendation (FR), Weed Management and Best Planting Practices (WM/BPP) and Scheduled Planting and...
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African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project has entered into a partnership with Growsel, an award-winning financial inclusion nonprofit Agro-Tech startup to facilitate the use the ACAI-developed AKILIMO recommendation tools. According to a memorandum of understanding...
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