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...
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...
The Project Advisory Council (PAC) of the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2, (BASICS-II) project has commended the project's implementation team for the huge progress recorded in the last two years....
Dr Anna-Marie Ball, a public health and nutrition expert, is the new chairperson of the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2, (BASICS-II) project (BASICS-II) following the departure of former Harvestplus Country...
Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Hussein Mohamed Bashe wants the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to support the East African region towards cassava, soybean and banana transformation for economic prosperity. In a meeting with...
Nigeria, the largest producer of cassava in the world, needs to adopt a new seed system approach to compete globally and keep the price of cassava-based foods stable and affordable in the country, experts have...
As farmers begin to prepare for the 2022 planting season, it is crucial to be guided by the popular saying, “you reap what you sow”. Farmers, therefore, need to plant the best seeds to reap...
…Invest in cassava seed system for optimum raw materials, investors told Sufficient investments must be made in the cassava seed sector to address the challenges plaguing the supply of quality cassava roots as raw materials...
…As the project scales out to new geographies A seed system model known as the BASICS model is helping farmers to establish and formalize the seed system in cassava, creating jobs, wealth, and food security...
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), in collaboration with the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2 (BASICS-II) project, trained 61 Commercial Seed Entrepreneurs (CSEs), drawn from the...
