Ojo's ambitions are straightforward -- increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500 percent, fight hunger and raise her ...

IBADAN, Nigeria – From this field nestled among the lush rolling hills of Nigeria's southwest, the small plants rising out the hard red dirt appear fragile, easily crushed by weather or chance. Looks, ...

Despite Nigeria’s potential in cassava with an estimated production of over 60 million metric tonnes, the Federal Government has said the average yield is still lower than production in Asia and ...

“The technology of cassava bread production is already established in Nigeria with different knowledge centres playing complimentary roles,” Elemo said. She recalled that in 2011, the nation imported ...

Although the country is still grappling with cyclic glut, weed encroachment and other processing challenges in cassava production, JULIANA AGBO examines the benefits of foreign exchange (forex) ...

ABUJA – AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Cassava Day 2025, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, Thursday, declared that the Cassava Bioethanol Project will save ...

Head, Cassava Weed Management Project, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Dr Alfred Dixon, has called on Nigeria to focus more on high quality cassava flour production.

The Federal Government on Wednesday in Bauchi declared that Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world. FG raises alarm over new cassava brown streak disease Mrs Karima Babangida ...

This blog post is a collaboration between IITA, Harvest Plus and ONE. Nigeria officially released three Vitamin A cassava varieties on December 7th, 2011. This is huge news. It’s not every day that a ...

Mercy Diebiru-Ojo’s ambitions are straightforward — increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500 percent, fight hunger and ...