Stakeholders at National Summit Bring Cassava Seed System to the Front Burner (Abuja, Nigeria). Today, stakeholders from the private and public sector including researchers are gathering in Abuja—Nigeria’s capital – for a national summit to discuss and seek ways to improve cassava seed system with a view to transforming the root crop into a…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) on November 1, 2021 organised the National Cassava Seed Development Summit in partnership with Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System Phase II (BASICS II) – managed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Other partners included the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Sahel Consulting, Catholic Services (CRS) and the Alliance for Green Revolution (AGRA).
Speech by (Chief (Dr) Alfred Dixon at the Second National Cassava Summit Theme: Catalyzing and Scaling Private Sector-Led Cassava Seed Development Venue: Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Abuja: Date: 04 November 2021 Protocols Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, permit me to stand on existing protocols. It gladdens my heart to be in your midst today to present…
NATIONAL CASSAVA SUMMIT CATALYSING AND SCALING OF PRIVATE SECTOR-LED CASSAVA SEED DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. 2021/11/04 16:08:27DATE:Thursday, 04 November, 2021VENUE:Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, FCT. Nigeria has embarked on reforms to transform cassava for food security, wealth creation, and economic prosperity. The reforms are encapsulated in the country’s national policy for agricultural development known as the…
Our cassava-value-chain project enables smallholder cassava farmers and processors to increase their yield, earn more income and employ more persons. This is achieved through the adoption of good farming and business practices; access to quality inputs and extension services; and improved cassava processing technology, funding, and new markets.
The cassava value chain project aims to improve the productivity and incomes of farmers in the cassava sector. This is achieved by incentivizing partners to invest in activities that will improve access to information and quality inputs as well as markets for cassava farmers. Over the years PIND has partnered with key market actors like…
Through a tripartite memorandum of understanding between PIND, the International Institute for tropical agriculture (IITA), and the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) signed in the quarter, PIND collaborated with the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System II (BASICS II) project to train, certify and onboard 80 new cassava seed entrepreneurs (VSEs) in…
Ibadan, 16 November: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) working in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build and promote a cassava seed system that will trigger the adoption of cassava stems of…
Ifeanyi Eke seats on a blue plastic chair in front of his shop at Umukabia, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area a of Imo state. He is a graduate of accounting from the Abia State Polytechnic and has been unemployed. He said, “after the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2009, I looked for a job…
Aladinma Umukabia Ogodo Multi-purpose cooperative society is an association of over 200 women cassava farmers operating in Imo State. These women come together to help each other pursue economic prosperity for a simple reason: to take better care of their children. Veronica Njoku is the Vice President of the Association.