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...
In October 2020, two banks, in collaboration with government agencies and development partners in Tanzania, launched an initiative to finance cassava growers with a more than one million dollar loan facility. This arrangement directly injected...
A new book titled The sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems, has been published to provide a comprehensive review of recent research activities on effective support measures to improve the livelihoods of smallholders in sub-Saharan...
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...
Growing cassava is a way of life for many of the ethnic minority communities living in Sơn La Province. An ACIAR project is working with these smallholder farmers to grow cassava more sustainably and gain...
The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) site-specific fertilizer recommendation (FR) tool is specifically designed to provide optimised and economically beneficial recommendations to cassava growers. The tool considers local soil data, weather conditions, prices of available...
When the IITA Cassava Weed Management Project was conceived in 2014, one of the concerns on the minds of many was whether the team would be able to provide solutions that would address weeds in...
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....
