The African Development Bank (AfDB) today said it will invest $120 million in the next 2-3 years to boost the productivity and transform cassava and other eight other commodities on the continent. The nine commodities...
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...
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...
[caption id="attachment_999" align="alignright" width="432"] Dr Richardson Okechukwu (right) taking the Osun State Governor, Mrs Grace Laoye-Tomori on tour of the exhibition[/caption] More than 2000 farmers in Osun state benefitted from the cassava projects which are...
More than 3 million people in Africa are growing and consuming vitamin A “yellow” cassava. Read more...
Seed sector professionals have said that businesses selling improved varieties and high quality cassava stems for cultivation could help African farmers significantly raise their productivity. This will mean more money from the same land, inputs...
The international body of root and tuber crops, International Society of Tropical Root Crops- Africa Branch (ISTRC-AB), on Friday presented awards of honour and recognition to 10 researchers working on root and tuber crops in...
