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...
The IITA led African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project has set the 2018 calendar of activities around running validation trials for the six Decision Support Tools (DSTs) that the project is developing. The first validation trials were set up in...
The challenge of weeds against Nigeria’s agricultural transformation was re-echoed at the October meeting of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum held in Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria. Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, in listing the challenges...
Research conducted by IITA Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) and partners has demonstrated that farmers can more than double cassava yield by switching to integrated weed management. Presenting the work done by the IITA-CWMP at...
It is a 5-year effort created to pinpoint the quality traits that determine the adoption of new root, tuber and banana (RTB) varieties developed by breeders. The 11.5 million-euro project will take a novel approach...
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,...
Godwin Atser, Communication & Knowledge Exchange Expert, (left) training farmers on the field on best weed control practices in cassava cropping systems. The ongoing farmers’ field days being conducted by IITA-CWMP have continued to attract...
