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 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 inducted into the International Academy...
Marketers of cassava stems will earn customers’ confidence and make more money if they operate in the formal seed space rather than the informal sector. In addition, as formal seed actors, cassava seed entrepreneurs can...
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....
Researchers have successfully mapped the genome of African cassava, using the TME 204 variety resistant to Cassava Mosaic Disease-2 (CMD2). This breakthrough is a significant milestone and it will help advance the breeding of new...
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...
Bayer has developed and launched a new crop protection product known as Lagon to help farmers tackle the problem of weeds in cassava and raise yield. Tested on more than 200 trials and demos across...
…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...
Cassava seed producers in Oyo state, Nigeria, have set up a one-year plan to build the capacity of their members to enable them to play a leading role in the country’s emerging cassava seed system....
