Akwenyuni Youth Group in Teso North sub-county is an impressive unit. With 33 members, the group which comprises university graduates and Form Four leavers, is equipping youth with agribusiness skills so they can be their...
… CMD threatens 55 million annual cassava production The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) that is threatening...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) today said it will invest $120 million in the next 2-3 years to boost the productivity and transform cassava and other eight other commodities on the continent. The nine commodities...
A Principal Scientist and Cassava Breeder with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Alfred Dixon; and Dr Hernan Ceballos of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have won the 2018 Golden Cassava...
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), is set to make cassava business attractive in Nigeria. It is working through Cassava Mechanisation and Agro-Processing Project (CAMAP). CAMAP, funded by the United Kingdom Agency...
Twelve African countries will be meeting in Cotonou, Benin Republic from Thursday, June 7 to Saturday, June 9, 2018, to discuss joint actions towards responding to the threat of Cassava Viral Diseases (CVD), ravaging the...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) plans to hold a training on innovative technologies for weed management in cassava in July. The training program is part of efforts to share to a wider audience...
…300 researchers, policymakers to attend mega cassava meeting in Cotonou Africa needs to double her cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, says the Director for the Global Cassava Partnership for the...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture on Tuesday said the continent needed 30 tonnes per hectare of cassava by 2050 from the current nine tonnes per hectare. Dr Claude Fauguet, Director of the Global Cassava...
