CASSAVA BREAD: Opportunity for fresh look at Nigeria’s food security
Businessam Staff
March 21, 2022
BY: Olukayode Oyeleye ALMOST FOUR WEEKS AFTER the Russian forces began to unleash military attack on Ukraine, shock waves have been
Nigeria approves new names for improved cassava varieties
Onome AmugeSeptember 29, 2020
Onome Amuge The Federal Government of Nigeria has validated new names for 10 improved cassava varieties, including six released
Ellah Lakes, Pure Flour Mills sign 5000mt cassava supply agreement
Charles AbuedeSeptember 15, 2020
Charles Abuede Ellah Lakes Plc has signed a produce offtake agreement with Pure Flour Mills Limited (PFM), a subsidiary of De United
The cassava value chain can generate N10trn for the country – NCGA
Businessam StaffSeptember 26, 2019
Kenneth Afor The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) has revealed that the extraction of ethanol and other products from
CBN restricts forex for importation of cassava products
Businessam StaffSeptember 20, 2019
Nigeria’s Central Bank has said it will no longer provide foreign exchange for the importation of cassava, starch, ethanol and
FG raises alarm over new cassava brown streak disease
Businessam StaffJuly 18, 2019
The federal government has raised an alarm over a recent virile disease, cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), ravaging East and
IFAD advocates new techniques to boost cassava, rice output
Temitayo AyetotoJune 4, 2018
The IFAD-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has urged cassava and rice farmers to adopt new farming techniques to boost
African countries meet in Cotonou in response to impending cassava diseases
Businessam StaffJune 3, 2018
Benin Republic government in partnership with the West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) Program, is convening a high-level meeting,
Could cassava be Africa’s key to food security and economic take-off? (2)
Olukayode OyeleyeMay 23, 2018
Africa earns the reputation of producing more cassava than any other crop. FAO figures, in 2011, revealed that the continent produced
Could cassava be Africa’s key to food security, economic take-off? (1)
Olukayode OyeleyeMay 14, 2018
The centre of gravity of food security may indeed be shifting from the global north to the global south. In this tectonic shift,