Members of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) met in Nigeria to brainstorm and reflect on the progress made in the first quarter of the year, 2019, across the different components of the project otherwise...
The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project and the Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP), have merged into a single project. Both projects are funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under the Agricultural Development...
Pose food safety threats to 100 million Nigerians Head of Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, observed some cassava-based food processing centres in Oyo and Ogun states, comparing and contrasting the processes. He writes about the deplorable...
The IITA- Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) has conducted 44 farmer field days across several local communities in Abia, Benue, Ogun, and Oyo states to showcase to farmers, result-driven weed control practices during the Project’s...
Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has agreed to support the dissemination of improved technologies on weed control and other agricultural innovations to farmers, as part of efforts to bring about agricultural transformation in Africa....
The IITA- Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) has developed a mobile application that could help farmers apply the correct dose of herbicides on cassava and other field crops. In most rural communities in Africa, the...
Mr. Petro Kagusi, a cassava farmer from Kidete village, Mzenga ward, Kisarawe region, Eastern Tanzania is extremely happy with the new improved farming practices he has learned through the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project....
The IITA-CWMP and Bestacor Enterprises have trained 200 farmers in Benue State on Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management. The training was organized by Bestacor Enterprise on 17 August in Gboko, and IITA-CWMP was...
