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Breaking News | Nigeria to get five new cassava varieties


Five new cassava varieties developed with support from NextGen Cassava have been approved for release in Nigeria.
This was contained in a recent report by NextGen Cassava Breeding Project, an international partnership led by Cornell University.
According to the report published Thursday, these next generation varieties deliver promising options for smallholder farmers in resisting cassava diseases and marketing their crops to consumers.
It said the new varieties were named Game-Changer, Hope, Obasanjo-2, Baba-70 and Poundable.
“The five next generation varieties feature high yields and robust disease resistance important for farmers and characteristics sought by consumers,” the report said.
It noted that “Poundable” is the first fresh market variety released in Nigeria, while ‘Hope’ and ‘Baba-70’ have excellent gari and fufu quality to address the processed food market. ....

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New cassava varieties endorsed for release in Nigeria


Poundable.
All five feature high yields and robust disease resistance important for farmers, and taste and nutrition characteristics sought by consumers.
“The foundation of a solid crop value chain is based on best-bet varieties,” said Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. “As a country, we are excited that the new NextGen cassava varieties address the needs of the cassava industry and we look forward to providing millions of Nigerian cassava growers access to these varieties.”
The releases by the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are the first varieties released using the modernized breeding technologies supported by NextGen Cassava, a project based in Cornell’s Department of Global Development and implemented by IITA and NRCRI, along with the national programs of Uganda and Tanzania. ....

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