Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management & Best Planting Practices toolkit that was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA);...
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday, announced plans to ban the use of paraquat by farmers amid mounting evidence that the product hurts applicators and the environment. The...
Scientists working under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- led Cassava Weed Management Project have found a solution that simplifies weed control in cassava farming systems, raising the appeal of the crop among growers, and...
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...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) will be holding a two-day training on innovative technologies for weed management in cassava in July. This programme is part of efforts aimed at sharing to a wider...
In a 30-minute presentation to more than 300 researchers including members of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Kenton Dashiell acknowledged the efficient mechanism of the IITA-managed Cassava...
There are over 4.5million cassava farmers in Nigeria, and many more are willing to join, even at subsistence level. The reason for the choice of the root crop is not far-fetched: Cassava is a money...
Researchers working under the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System (BASICS) project have harvested the first ever plots of cassava stems derived from a novel cassava propagation system, the Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponic (SAH). The...
Dr Alfred Dixon, Project Leader for the IITA-CWMP has urged partners and staff working under the project to redouble their efforts and ensure that all the key milestones for the year are met. Dr Dixon,...
Researchers working with the IITA-CWMP have published a chapter in one of a series of books published by Burleigh Dodds Publishing. The researchers — Dr. Stefan Hauser, IITA Senior Systems Agronomist; and Prof. Friday Ekeleme,...
