Global cassava coalition calls for support for cassava transformation in Africa by newspeak January 26, 2018 0 Ahead of the international conference on cassava, the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called on policy ...
Researchers, policymakers meet in Tanzania to discuss cassava agronomy by Patrick Akpu December 13, 2017 0 Scientists across Africa and their colleagues in other parts of the world are meeting with policymakers in Tanzania under the ...
IITA breakthrough: Now, cassava farmers will no longer worry about weeds or weeding (SEE HOW) by Patrick Akpu October 16, 2017 0 There are over 4.5million cassava farmers in Nigeria, and many more are willing to join, even at subsistence level. The ...
Prices of cassava stems retreat to N400 per bundle by Patrick Akpu September 14, 2017 0 Prices of cassava stems have nosedived to N400 per bundle after touching a high of N1200 as demand eases in ...
IITA-CWMP signs agreements with 136 farmers for on-farm demonstrations by Patrick Akpu August 21, 2017 0 The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture led Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) is signing agreements for the setting up of ...
Graduates form cluster groups in Oyo, Southwest states, set up mechanised cassava agribusiness by Patrick Akpu August 20, 2017 0 Hundreds of graduates and youth in Oyo State and some other neighbouring South West States have mobilized themselves into cluster ...
How researchers are speeding up multiplication of cassava planting materials by Patrick Akpu August 8, 2017 0 Scientists working on cassava breeding are now using the Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) technology to rev up the propagation of clean ...
Nigeria to export 72 tonnes of yam to Europe, US, next week by Patrick Akpu June 23, 2017 0 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says that on June 29, Nigeria will export 72 tonnes of yam ...
IITA Cassava Weed Management Project empowers cassava farmers by Patrick Akpu February 21, 2017 0 “If not cassava, many of us would have died of hunger… But thank God, cassava was handy to save the ...
Researchers flag threats to Nigeria’s cassava industry by Patrick Akpu November 2, 2016 0 Nigeria’s rising population, particularly in the cities, coupled with low productivity (yield per hectare) of cassava roots is threatening ...