There are efforts to improve seed system in sub-Sahara Africa. Cassava is among specific seed systems being addressed. Stakeholders are calling for increased local support to boost cassava seed system ...

At 10 tonnes per hectare average cassava yield, compared with Asian countries’more than 20 tonnes per hectare, Nigeria’s cassava average yield is still considered low. However, Nigeria’s seed industry ...

Ministry of agriculture is issuing cassava seed traders with movement permits to reduce on the number of people selling cassava planting materials from uncertified suppliers. Ministry of agriculture ...

That meant that their yields were always low and the crop prone to attacks. But that is no longer the case thanks to an initiative that has been promoting cassava as a healthy alternative to maize.

On the banks of the Nile in Namasagali, where small-holder cassava farmers have long battled with falling prices and ...

Kenyans love their maize and wheat products. Every meal of protein is accompanied by either ugali or chapati. But herein lies the problem. Owing to a number of factors, the two staple foods cannot ...