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Translate Home » News » Agribusiness: IITA, NASC, NRCRI to meet farmers’ demand of over N10bn on cassava stems Agribusiness: IITA, NASC, NRCRI to meet farmers’ demand of over N10bn on cassava stems On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria remains the largest producer of cassava in the world, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC, and National Root Crops Research Institute, NRCRI, Thursday, disclosed efforts made to meet farmers’ demand of over N10 billion on cassava stems. Experts from IITA, NASC, and N...

Efforts to develop cassava seed system would help Nigeria to transform cassava and meet the growing demand for cassava seeds of about N10 billion from cassava growers, experts from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) and National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) have said. In 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria-midwifed program to develop cassava seed growers on 100,000 hectares across the country created a huge demand

James Morris ABOUT ME Loren serves as a Senior Facilitator on the Leadership and Professional Development Delivery team.  Loren facilitates NEO,  as well as a variety of other Enterprise, Leadership and Professional Development courses and Claims Interns.     Loren began his career at USAA in 1997 as a Customer Account Professional, progressing to Senior Customer Account Professional, Associate Adjuster, Casualty Claims Adjuster, Instructor II and Instructor I.   Loren has an undergraduate degree from San Diego State University in Economics and received the f...

Agric stakeholders push for national adoption of IITA “Six Steps” toolkit and improved varieties for cassava transformation DEC 31, 2020 Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management &Best Planting Practices toolkit that was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); and the use of improved cassava varieties, to increase cassava productivity in the country. The stakeholders reached the agreement at a one-day meeting tagged, “Addressing the yield gap in cassava during COVID-19 ...

The Support Programme is the result of the long-standing cooperation between Africa and Europe in the area of space science & technology, which is one of the key priorities of the long-term EU-Africa Joint Strategy. The GMES & Africa Support Programme is administered by the African Union Commission through the Human Resource, Science and Technology (HRST) Commission. The pan-African programme aims at improving the capacity of African policy-makers, planners, scientists, businessmen and private citizens to design, implement, and monitor national, regional and continental policies, and to pro...