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IITA, 2 others target job creation and increase in productivity of maize and cassava in Nigeria Listen to article The Green Innovation Centers for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) – Nigeria funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is launching an eighteen (18) month project to boost maize and cassava production and create job opportunities for youth and women in the value chains. The new project will be implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in the four selected states, Kano, Kaduna for maize, and Oyo, Ogun state for cassava value chain. ....
A public-private sector initiative between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) and SANO Foods Limited is seeking to promote the cultivation of improved cassava varieties as well as the consumption of locally processed products in Nigeria. Part of the deal is to create awareness on the newly released cassava varieties and at the same time draw consumers attenti ....
Efforts to develop cassava seed system would help Nigeria to transform cassava and meet the growing demand for cassava seeds of about N10 billion from cassava growers, experts from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) and National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) have said. In 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria-midwifed program to develop cassava seed growers on 100,000 hectares across the country created a huge demand ....
Hon. Ismaila Ali Horoya, the NDC Greater Accra Zongo Caucus Coordinator The Greater Accra Regional Zongo Caucus Coordinator for the opposition NDC, Hon. Ismaila Ali Horoya, said the NPP administration only used the creation of the Zongo Ministry to deceive Zongo people to vote for them. Mr. Horoya Ali pointed out that the Ministry was only created without an objective and focus hence no meaningful impact made by the Ministry for the past four years. The Greater Accra Zongo Caucus Coordinator made these revelations during a telephone interview with this reporter when he reacted to the debate on whether to scrap or retain the Ministry of Zongo and Inner Cities Development by the NPP government under the second term of President Akufo-Addo. ....
NASC trains 38 third party seed agents in Kogi and Benue DEC 31, 2020 The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has trained 38 third party seed certifying agents in Kogi and Benue States, as part of efforts to ensure the effective regulation of the seed industry and offer farmers easy access to seed certification. The training, which was conducted in the framework of the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) project of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) aims to give farmers access to improved and disease-free cassava varieties. The Director-General of NASC, Dr Philip Ojo said today that the training was in response to the Agricultural Seeds Act 2019, which empowered the council to outsource seed certification to further entrench efficiency in the seed certification process in the country. ....