Cassava Archives — Page 2 of 3

June 8, 2020 No Responses

IITA: Cassava Seed System Profitable For Players In Value Chain

The cassava seed system is profitable across the value chain, the International Institutes of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has said. In a statement issued on Sunday, IITA Project Director, Dr Hemant Nitturkar explained that the Building and Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed...

May 2, 2020 No Responses

IITA, Researchers Develop Cassava Weed Management Kit

The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has worked with researchers to develop an integrated weed control package in a kit known as the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management. Mr Godwin Atser, the Digital Extension Advisory Services Specialis...

April 19, 2020 No Responses

Ondo To Empower 15,000 Cassava Farmers

A firm, Klick Konnect Network International Limited, has partnered Ondo State government to empower 15,000 cassava famers and 300 women across the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the firm, which began operation in 2006 as a...

January 28, 2020 No Responses

Fadama Project: Ondo Farmers Cultivate 2,238ha Of Cassava, 472ha Of Rice

Between 2014 and December, 2019, farmers in Ondo State cultivated not less than 2,238ha of cassava and 472ha of rice through the Fadama lll AF Project. . The State Project Coordinator, Mr Olusiji Olatunde made the disclosure at the Implementation...

November 17, 2019 No Responses

Cassava: IITA, ACAI Train 30,000 Farmers On Weed Management

No fewer than 30,000 farmers from Abia, Benue, Oyo, Ogun and Osun states will benefit from the training on the six steps to cassava weed management and best planting practices in November. The training is put together by the International...

March 13, 2019 No Responses

Cassava Experts Explore Weed Management Options

The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) and African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) recently trained representatives of universities, research institutes, Oyo State Cassava Growers Association (OYSCGA), and other development partners...

July 2, 2018 No Responses

Farmers Decry Late Distribution Of Inputs

Members of the Zero Hunger Commodity Farmers’ Association of Nigeria have identified late distribution of inputs to beneficiaries of the Anchor Borrowers Programme as a major challenge to the scheme. The association, in a communiqué issued at the end of.....

June 23, 2018 No Responses

Experts Seek Regional Approach As Cassava Mosaic Disease Threatens 55m Annual Production

The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) that is threatening cassava production in Southeast Asia, a region that accounts for about 55 million...

April 7, 2018 No Responses

IITA, CRS Train 35 Extension Service Providers In Benue

After a day’s training on weed management in cassava farming systems, extension service providers have resolved to adopt and disseminate best bet weed management practices including appropriate spacing, tillage, use of improved varieties, and the use of safe...

March 1, 2018 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Approves N573m To Boost Cassava Production

The Akwa Ibom Executive Council has approved N573 million for the production and processing of cassava to boost food production in the state. The State’s Information and Strategy Commissioner, Mr Charles Udoh, disclosed this on Wednesday in Uyo while briefin...

February 17, 2018 No Responses

IITA To Tackle Weed Menace

A team of researchers working on the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-managed Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) have said findings from the 5-year project will respond and address the problems of weeds especially in cassava farming sys...

January 27, 2018 No Responses

Global coalition seeks support for cassava transformation in Africa

Ahead of the international conference on cassava, the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called on policy makers, donors and the international community to support all efforts that will bring about cassava transformation in Africa. T...

October 5, 2017 No Responses

Cassava farmers in Ogun adopts improved weed management practices, records 27tons/ha

On-farm demonstrations in Ogun state, Nigeria under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) managed Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) have produced average yields of 27 tons per hectare surpassing the national average of about 8 tons/ha...

March 15, 2017 No Responses

Cassava: Experts brainstorm on challenges, way forward

Still in search of a healing balm, the world’s top cassava experts are in Nigeria to report progress on developing new varieties of cassava with higher yield and nutritional content. The high level meeting commenced on Tuesday at...