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Whiteflies - Africa's main cassava pest causes damage to crops. Maurice/FlickrThe dreaded crop-eating fall armyworm continues to spread across Africa like wildfire. This invasive insect pest, first reported in Africa in early 2016, is in more than 20 African countries including South Sudan and South Africa. It has destroyed many staple crops like maize. Damage to maize alone by this pest could total USD billion in the next 12 months. Crop losses in African countries due to insect pests are estim

RANGPUR, March 5, 2023 (BSS) – Experts at a farmers' field day function have stressed on expanding cultivation of new

Within the Caribbean, there are many small island developing states (SIDS) that are vulnerable, primarily due to the dominance of single crops and the resulting high level of dependence on the importation of goods. In many of these SIDS, the monocrop system is no longer economically viable due to the loss of preferential trade agreements and markets at export.

Amidst Russia-Ukraine war and its ripple effects on increasing prices of wheat flour in Nigeria, stakeholders in the agricultural sector have chided the government for abandoning the Cassava Bread initiative.

The collaboration between the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umuahia, Abia State, and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State, seems to be recording immense contribution ..