The Nigerian Natural Medicines Development Agency (NNMDA), on Friday, called on stakeholders in the cassava production value chain to collaborate in their Pharmaceutical Grade Starch project.
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A coalition of companies led by Shine Bridge Global Inc. has sought a partnership with the Nigeria Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) on cassava production and processing.
The Cross River State Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Mr. Johnson Ebokpo, announced that the newly established eight-metric-ton cassava processing mill in Idoma community will create 1,000 direct jobs.
The Kogi Government has mapped out 1, 200 hectares of land for immediate intervention in cassava production.
About 72% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa has increased their dietary intake of carbohydrate foods in the last few years, particularly from the consumption of cassava products, including garri, eba, and fufu. However, this has resulted in a high glycemic index (GI) in the human body.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr Ernest Umakhihe, has urged scientists and other stakeholders…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) early generation seed company, GoSeed says it made significant progress…
By Chiedozie Egesi The hardy root crop could be part of the solution to the grain supply challenges aggravated by…
The project Building Economically Sustainable Seed Systems for Cassava, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) organized a day-long National Cassava Business Summit to…
A researcher, Prof. Polycarp Okafor, has said metabolism of cassava cyanide does not play any significant role in chronic diseases…