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...
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 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...
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...
ACAI held a training of trainers for the Tanzanian development partners in August to kick off the validation of the ACAI decision support tools in the country. The training was organized to create a better...
The Cassava Compact of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (AfDB-TAAT) is using the recommendations of the IITA Cassava Weed Management Project as part of its Good Agricultural Practices in cassava...
