IITA GoSeed, an early generation seed company, made significant progress in 2021 as sales of improved cassava planting materials averaged $267,277 despite COVID-19 restrictions, the company revealed recently during the annual meeting of the Building...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), through the Muhogo Bora (Better Cassava) program, recently organized intensive training for the extension officers, district agricultural officers, and regional agricultural advisors...
The quest for food security is an onerous task amid Covid 19, climate change, harsh operating environment and the likes. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and other partners were on field trips recently...
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...
Signs that more cassava farmers in Oyo State will adopt improved varieties in the new planting season have emerged from the testimonies of a farmer and cassava seed entrepreneur, Mrs Dorcas Alamu. Farmers around the...
…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...
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...
…As Summit brings cassava seed system to the front burner The Building an Economically Sustainable and Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) project has successfully organized the first cassava business summit to bring attention...
The project: Building an Economically Sustainable and Integrated Cassava Seed System (BASICS-II), recently trained women farmers in Oyo state on quality cassava seed production and effective weed control using the Six Steps to Cassava Weed...
The Green Innovation Centers for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) – Nigeria funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is launching...
