However, Nigeria’s seed industry may have entered a new chapter that promises a robust domestic cassava seed sector. Specifically, stakeholders in the agric sector have moved to address the ...

The National Bio-safety Authority has released genetically modified maize and cassava seeds into the market. The authority's chairman Joseph Chavutia said the approved maize seed variety is ...

This allows the production of cassava seeds that are pests and disease-resistant. Godwin Macharia, a scientist in charge of food crops and research at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research ...

Today, more than 80 countries throughout the tropics grow cassava, and it is a primary component of the diet of more than 800 million people around the world. It is popular because it is a hardy ...