The quest for food security is an onerous task amid Covid 19, climate change, harsh operating environment and the likes. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and other partners were on field trips recently...
The Zambia Federation Associations of Women in Business have embarked on a cassava seed growing program aimed at empowering women in Zambia. The cassava cluster program was launched in 2011 by the Common Market for...
Traditionally, farmers in Nigeria plant cassava from year to year using planting materials from their own fields or via farmer to farmer exchange. Cassava stems were considered by the average farmer to be of little...
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...
Prices of cassava stems have nosedived to N400 ($1.3 dollar) per bundle after touching a high of N1200 ($3.8) as demand eases in Nigeria. Last year and earlier in 2017, prices of cassava roots and...
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...
