Cassava Adding Value for Africa Phase II (CAVA II) and some institutions of higher learning are to promote disease-resistant cassava stems to help farmers improve their yields. The institutions include Oyo State College of Agriculture...
The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project has stepped up efforts in cultivating and fostering the right partnerships in its cardinal aim of reducing the cassava yield gap in Africa. The ACAI project team from...
The IITA-Cassava Weed Management Project and Bayer CropScience have conducted a Training of Trainers program for 60 persons including extension service providers, spray service providers, and other partners. The training was aimed at building the...
Researchers and staff working under the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative, IITA Cassava Weed Management Project, and the Building An Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed System for Cassava in Nigeria (BASICS) project have lauded the decision by...
The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project has stepped up efforts in cultivating and fostering the right partnerships in its cardinal aim of reducing the cassava yield gap in Africa. The ACAI project team from...
The Steering Committee of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-managed Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) has approved the establishment of 58 on-farm trials across Nigeria for the 2016 season. The plan is to reach, through...
[caption id="attachment_469" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Researchers and farmers in a field trial[/caption] The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) Project has established 137 limiting nutrient trials, and 70 intercrop trials in a bid to crack the agronomy...
Cassava, the starch rusty-coloured root that is a staple in Nigeria, is a paradigm of the problem the import-dependent nation now faces as the plunge in oil prices crimps the economy. Learn more
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The Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under its cassava weed management project is training African researchers on new advances made in weed science by drawing from the expertise of US and Nigerian researchers. Learn more
