A team of researchers working under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) has trained about 70 extension service providers drawn across Liberia as part of efforts to transform...
In a bid to revitalize the cassava industry in Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigeria Cassava Growers Association and Large Scale Cassava Processors. The signing ceremony took place...
National Agricultural Research and Extension partners in Tanzania have applauded the training on Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management/ Best Planting Practices, saying they were now better equipped to take the agronomy of cassava to...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) recently unveiled a suite of digital tools that are helping in transforming farming, improving yield and livelihoods of farmers. The digital tools include the cassava, Goseed and yam...
…As experts validate translations As part of measures to ensure that the Decision Support Tools (DSTs) developed by the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) are available to farmers in several Nigerian languages, language experts, researchers,...
About 30,000 farmers from Abia, Benue, Oyo, Ogun and Osun state will benefit from the training on the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management & Best Planting Practices, says Godwin Atser, ACAI Digital Extension &...
Three Nigerian radio stations are now broadcasting agronomic recommendations on the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices. The Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices is one of...
A mobile phone application (mobile app) that enables farmers to control weeds through efficient use of inputs has been launched in Ibadan with more than 1,000 downloads from Google Play store. The app known as...
Weeds constitute major obstacles to food security in Africa. They are not only a major problem to cassava farmers but also a menace to farmers of all other crops. Dr Alfred Dixon, Director for Development...
A team of researchers has argued in Science that as nations collaborate to detect and stop human pandemics, a global surveillance system for crop diseases is needed to safeguard agricultural trade and food security. How...
