The Project Manager of the Building an Economically Sustainable and Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Prof. Lateef Sanni, has been nominated to the Board of...
The Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) of the International Institution of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) recently highlighted some of the transformative impact it is having on Africa’s food system, job...
“The success of the BASICS project demonstrates the possibilities that exist in Africa to change the narrative of agriculture if leaders on the continent so desire.” Those were the words of Lawrence Kent, Senior Program...
Some Cassava Seed entrepreneurs (CSEs) operating under the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) project have recently been sharing inspirational stories of their successes in the cassava seed business. These...
The Sierra Leone government has kicked off a project to transform its cassava sector by building a sustainable seed system. Known as Food Systems Resilience Program-Sierra Leone (FSRP-SL), the project is being funded by the...
Liberia and international partners have developed a seed road map to help transform the country’s agricultural sector, which has been badly devastated by civil war. From 1989 to 1996 and 1999 to 2003, Liberia suffered...
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) in Nigeria recently trained 10 extension agents on cassava seed production and cassava weed management techniques in Benue state. The training was organized within the framework of the Building an...
Cassava farmers in Benue State are excited over the positive outlook of their cassava fields as they anticipate high yields this harvest season; and hundreds among them taking up the business of selling improved seeds...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with Liberia's Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) and other stakeholders are organizing a summit to draw a seed road map for the...
Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to support cassava seed system across Africa.The MoU, which is in the framework of the project named...
