Breeding Schemes: What Are They, How to Formalize Them, and How to Improve Them? | Read Story | 24/01/2022 | Nigeria | Innovating with Roots, Tubers, and Bananas | Read Story | 25/01/2022 | Nigeria | Plant of the Month: Cassava | Read Story | 25/01/2022 | Nigeria | Cassava value chain project hopes to boost food security | Read Story | 11/20/2021 | Nigeria | Challenging Monoculture in Brazil: COVID-19 Sparks Return to Traditional Cassava | Read Story | 10/18/2021 | Nigeria | No cassava brown streak diseases detected in Nigeria, West Africa — Report | Read Story | 10/18/2021 | Nigeria | Identifying New Resistance to Cassava Mosaic Disease and Validating Markers for the CMD2 Locus | Read Story | 06/18/2021 | Nigeria | Policy options for advancing seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Vietnam | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria | Promoting knowledge transfer in order to develop the skills of young Africans | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria | Nigeria Now Largest Producer of Cassava in the World - Govt | Read Story | 06/18/2021 | Nigeria | From waste to wealth: The innovation turning cassava peels into a growing new industry | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria |
Next generation cassava varieties endorsed for release in Nigeria | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria |
Prediction of Aboveground Biomass of Three Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Genotypes Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria |
Food security: Expert seeks conservation, utilisation of genetic resources in Nigeria | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria |
AKILIMO can be Calibrated for Other Crops Says Pypers | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria |
Finding the best targets to improve crop yield by following CO2 journey inside the leaf | Read Story | 05/18/2021 | Nigeria |
Technological Innovations for Improving Cassava Production in Sub-Saharan Africa | Read Story | 04/18/2021 | USA |
International team first to stack virus resistance plus iron and zinc in a non-cereal crop | Read Story | 03/18/2021 | USA |
Developing dual resistant cassava to the two major viral diseases | Read Story | 09/18/2020 | Nigeria |
Simple mechanization of planting of apical rooted cuttings in Bangalore | Read Story | 09/18/2020 | Nigeria |
Cassava matters first episode on Nigeria at 60 years of agriculture | Read Story | 09/18/2020 | Nigeria |
A modelling tool for predicting the spread of vector-borne plant viral diseases | Read Story | 08/28/2020 | Uk |
Researchers help inform cassava breeding worldwide | Read Story | 08/28/2020 | USA |
IITA’s “Six Steps” upscale cassava weed management | Read Story | 08/28/2020 | Nigeria |
Image‐based root phenotyping links root architecture to micronutrient concentration in cassava | Read Story | 08/06/2020 | USA |
Image‐based root phenotyping links root architecture to micronutrient concentration in cassava | Read Story | 08/06/2020 | USA |
Project to build sustainable cassava seed system in Africa gets new phase | Read Story | 07/21/2020 | Nigeria |
Gene editing to address food safety issues and Konzo disease | Read Story | 08/04/2020 | USA |
Project to build sustainable cassava seed system in Africa gets new phase | Read Story | 07/21/2020 | Nigeria |
Agriculture for Sustainable Development, MSc in University of Greenwich, UK | Read Story | 06/07/2020 | UK |
Scientists recommend additional herbicides for weed control in cassava farming | Read Story | 06/07/2020 | Nigeria |
IITA scientist develops a cheaper and faster tool for identifying whiteflies | Read Story | 06/02/2020 | Tanzania |
Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system | Read Story | 05/27/2020 | Australia |
Modelling of the distribution of cassava production and harvested area based on agriculture census data and fine resolution disaggregating it to grid | Read Story | 05/27/2020 | UK |
IITA’s insect collection is based in Benin | Read Story | 05/25/2020 | Benin |
ACAI to Deploy ‘Uptake and Use’ Survey to Track Adoption of AKILIMO by End-Users | Read Story | 05/12/2020 | Nigeria |
Relying on 'local food' is a distant dream for most of the world | Read Story | 04/19/2020 | Finland |
How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia's second-most-important cash crop? | Read Story | 04/19/2020 | Asia |
Full-length sequencing of circular DNA viruses and extrachromosomal circular DNA using CIDER-Seq | Read Story | 04/18/2020 | Switzerland |
How to Sample Cassava for Nutrient Uptake Studies | Read Story | 04/18/2020 | India |
Cassava breeding and agronomy in Asia: 50 years of history and future directions | Read Story | 04/09/2020 | Asia |
Unifying Cassava Brown Streak Disease surveillance | Read Story | 04/09/2020 | Uk |
A novel seed treatment-based multiplication approach for cassava planting material | Read Story | 03/16/2020 | Brazil |
Evaluation of cassava processing and utilization at household level in Zambia | Read Story | 03/16/2020 | Zambia |
Metabolic profiles of six African cultivars of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) highlight bottlenecks of root yield | Read Story | 03/05/2020 | Uganda |
A hunger fighter empowers farmers with NextGen Cassava | Read Story | 03/04/2020 | Uganda |
How the right planting season can boost cassava yields | Read Story | 01/28/2020 | Tanzania |
Post doc vaccancy to investigate molecular communication between tropical plants via common mycorrhizal networks | Read Story | 01/27/2020 | Belgium |
Roots, tubers and bananas key ingredients of a more sustainable food future | Read Story | 01/24/2020 | Peru |
Developing a Work Attitude for Africa: The ‘Why’ and the ‘How’ in Context of Climate Change | Read Story | 01/24/2020 | Africa |
Genetic Diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Colonizing Sweet Potato and Cassava in South Sudan | Read Story | 01/23/2020 | Sudan |
Laura Boykin Makes the Case for Cassava | Read Story | 01/23/2020 | UK |
Ground Penetrating Radar for real time crop monitoring | Read Story | 11/24/2019 | Colombia |
Indigenous languages and root and tuber crops | Read Story | 11/22/2019 | USA |
In the war on emerging crop diseases, scientists develop new 'War Room' simulations | Read Story | 11/22/2019 | Uganda |
A manually operated cassava chipper being exhibited at the AGRI-BUSINESS EXPO | Read Story | 11/18/2019 | Nigeria |
Our scientists must do more to stop menace of emerging pests | Read Story | 11/17/2019 | Philippines |
Exposure to air pollutants and heat stress among resource-poor women entrepreneurs in small-scale cassava processing | Read Story | 11/15/2019 | Philippines |
CNN-Based Cassava Storage Root Counting using Real and Synthetic Image | Read Story | 11/15/2019 | UK |
A low-cost aeroponic phenotyping system for storage root development: unravelling the below-ground secrets of cassava | Read Story | 11/13/2019 | Colombia |
Tools for scanning a plant's genome | Read Story | 11/07/2019 | Global |
Using variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to drive the productivity of the food security crop cassava | Read Story | 11/05/2019 | Colombia |
X-RAY Imaging in plant biology: Seeing the unseen | Read Story | 11/05/2019 | USA |
Annual report of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) | Read Story | 10/31/2019 | Peru |
New plant viruses constitute major threats to food security – Virologist | Read Story | 10/29/2019 | Nigeria |
An efficient method of propagating cassava plants using aeroponic culture | Read Story | 10/27/2019 | Vietnam |
Big opportunities for pig farmers in West Africa | Read Story | 10/27/2019 | West Africa |
Proximate composition, cyanide contents, and particle size distribution of cassava flour from cassava varieties in Zambia | Read Story | 10/27/2019 | Zambia |
ACIAR funds research to protect cassava industry in South East Asia | Read Story | 10/27/2019 | Australia |
U.N. urges action as finds farmers losing up to a fifth of produce | Read Story | 10/18/2019 | Global |
Cassava and Climate Change: Boosting the IQ of a Naturally Climate-Smart Crop | Read Story | 10/18/2019 | Global |
From Corn to Cassava to Rice: Cultural Conception of Food among the Madurese Community Indonesia-Juniper Publishers | Read Story | 10/18/2019 | Indonesia |
Fully funded post graduate research scholarship in University of Greenwich | Read Story | 10/17/2019 | UK |
Horizontal gene transfer caused by Agrobacterium was found to occur in 39 dicot species | Read Story | 10/16/2019 | Russia |
The substitution of paraffin wax with cassava strach leads to sustainable Batik production | Read Story | 10/13/2019 | Indonesia |
UK aid partners with Gates Foundation to tackle global food insecurity | Read Story | 10/08/2019 | UK |
TCCIA gets 2,000 acres for cassava plantation and industry in Dodoma | Read Story | 10/08/2019 | Tanzania |
Kalro upbeat as it develops improved cassava varieties | Read Story | 10/08/2019 | Kenya |
Highlight negative results to improve science | Read Story | 10/04/2019 | USA |
RTB Newsletter – October 2019 | Read Story | 10/04/2019 | Peru |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides a further 15 million dollars in funding for cassava project in developing countries | Read Story | 10/03/2019 | Germany |
Nigeria can make trillions of naira exporting ethanol – Cassava growers | Read Story | 10/01/2019 | Nigeria |
Analysis of Expression Profiles of Nuclear Factor-Y Genes in Cassava | Read Story | 9/29/2019 | Vietnam |
Philmech designed farm equipment for cultivating #cassava and other crops | Read Story | 9/27/2019 | Philippines |
Producing and sensory examine the biscuit using wheat flour cassava flour abacha floor and african yam bean flour | Read Story | 9/18/2019 | Nigeria |
Democratizing Molecular Biology: Doing Nucleic Acid Extractions Outside of the Lab | Read Story | 9/27/2019 | Europe |
Scientists find ways to improve cassava, a ‘crop of inequality’ featured at Goalkeepers | Read Story | 9/27/2019 | USA |
Making concrete out of cassava's | Read Story | 9/23/2019 | Nigeria |
Production of bread using wheat and cassava blend flavored with ginger project topics | Read Story | 9/18/2019 | Nigeria |
Producing and sensory examine the biscuit using wheat flour cassava flour abacha floor and african yam bean flour | Read Story | 9/18/2019 | Nigeria |
Will you be willing to switch to Avani, the bags made from Cassava? | Read Story | 9/15/2019 | Indonesia |
Cassava initiative: The MandiPlus Project | Read Story | 9/13/2019 | USA |
New app diagnoses crop diseases | Read Story | 9/13/2019 | Uganda |
To get a good yield first you need good quality stem | Read Story | 9/12/2019 | Nigeria |
Cassava regional co-ordinator for CIAT Asia talk about the acheivements of the Program in the past year | Read Story | 9/12/2019 | Asia |
How plant diseases devastate food crops in Sub-Saharan African countries | Read Story | 9/12/2019 | Africa |
Production of 2,3-butanediol from glucose and cassava hydrolysates by metabolically engineered industrial polyploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Read Story | 9/08/2019 | Korea |
Biofortified crops or biodiversity? The fight for genuine solutions to malnutrition is on | Read Story | 9/08/2019 | Global |
Genome Editing, Gene Drives, and Synthetic Biology: Will They Contribute to Disease-Resistant Crops, and Who Will Benefit? | Read Story | 9/08/2019 | Mexico |
Evaluation of the quality characteristics of flour and pasta from fermented Cassava Roots | Read Story | 9/08/2019 | Korea |
How Brazilian Cities are Boosting Sustainable Agriculture | Read Story | 9/03/2019 | Brazil |
Researchers seek permission to set up permanent GM cassava demos | Read Story | 8/23/2019 | Uganda |
KeyGene scientists first to discover ‘non-susceptible’ sweet pepper plants, cassava and cotton | Read Story | 8/21/2019 | The Netherlands |
Transforming cassava wastes to wealth as a climate-change mitigation strategy in Nigeria | Read Story | 8/21/2019 | Nigeria |
Symplasmic phloem unloading and radial post-phloem transport via vascular rays in tuberous roots of Manihot esculenta | Read Story | 8/15/2019 | Germany |
Hydrogels based on ozonated cassava starch: Effect of ozone processing and gelatinization conditions on enhancing 3D-printing applications | Read Story | 8/11/2019 | France |
Interesting article on Prolonged and diverse use of cassava in the Neotropics | Read Story | 8/09/2019 | UK |
Illuminating a dark world of rising hunger with climate-smart crop innovations | Read Story | 8/09/2019 | Global |
Utilization of infectious clones to visualize Cassava brown streak virus replication in planta and gain insights into symptom development | Read Story | 8/08/2019 | UK |
Rising CO2 is reducing the nutritional value of our food | Read Story | 8/01/2019 | Global |
Portable genomics for early detection of plant viruses and pests in Sub-Saharan Africa | Read Story | 7/28/2019 | Africa |
Cassava Investment Forum: Reviewing the past and understanding the best business practices for a brighter future | Read Story | 7/28/2019 | Africa |
How AI is Transforming Cassava Crop Yields | Read Story | 7/28/2019 | East Africa |
Climate change and rising population put pressure on essential crops in low-income regions | Read Story | 7/28/2019 | Peru |
The Manioc 21 project modernises 10 agricultural cooperatives in Central Africa | Read Story | 7/28/2019 | Africa |
Pursuing new technologies and ideas to conquer hunger through Super Cassava | Read Story | 7/14/2019 | USA |
A new way to grow crops in marginal soils could help feed the world | Read Story | 7/12/2019 | USA |
Cassava matters Newsletter 18th edition | Read Story | 7/12/2019 | Nigeria |
How to achieve more than 20 tons per hectare of cassava with improved weed control-mini documentry | Read Story | 7/07/2019 | Africa |
Physical characteristics of modified Cassava flour wastewater at room temperature | Read Story | 7/07/2019 | Indonesia |
New tool to help Cassava Growers Optimise Yield | Read Story | 6/25/2019 | Nigeria |
Investigating the use of wasps as a biological control agent for cassava mealybugs: modeling and simulation | Read Story | 6/25/2019 | Thailand |
A global surveillance system for crop diseases | Read Story | 6/282019 | Global |
Reproductive biology in cassava: stigma receptivity and pollen tube growth | Read Story | 6/282019 | Colombia |
Arabidopsis LEC1 and LEC2 Orthologous Genes are Key Regulators of Somatic Embryogenesis in Cassava | Read Story | 6/22/2019 | Colombia |
Scientists unravel genome and diversity of whitefly vector behind viral diseases devastating cassava in Africa | Read Story | 6/15/2019 | Africa |
Cassava brown streak virus Ham1 protein hydrolyses mutagenic nucleotides and is a necrosis determinant | Read Story | 6/09/2019 | United Kingdom |
Cassava brown streak virus Ham1 protein hydrolyses mutagenic nucleotides and is a necrosis determinant | Read Story | 6/09/2019 | United Kingdom |
Cassava Applied Research for Food Security in Northern Uganda | Read Story | 6/09/2019 | Uganda |
Endosymbiotic diversity in whiteflies associated with cassava in Colombia | Read Story | 6/06/2019 | Colombia |
Resistance against Cassava Brown Streak Viruses from Africa in Cassava Germplasm from South America | Read Story | 6/06/2019 | Germany |
Optimization and Production of Adhesives from Cassava and Corn Starch Using Design Mixture Method | Read Story | 6/06/2019 | Uganda |
Whitefly resistance in African Cassava genotypes | Read Story | 5/22/2019 | Uganda |
Genome of the African cassava whitefly Bemisia tabaci and distribution and genetic diversity of cassava-colonizing whiteflies in Africa | Read Story | 5/22/2019 | Nigeria |
Cellulose Nanofibers Preparation from Cassava Peelsvia Mechanical Disruption | Read Story | 5/15/2019 | Indonesia |
World Bank invests in Angola’s Cassava research | Read Story | 5/22/2019 | Angola |
Cassava enzyme linamarase commercially available? | Read Story | 5/15/2019 | The Netherlands |
TWAS-USM Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme in Natural sciences | Read Story | 5/10/2019 | Malaysia |
Call for Applications for research proposals in any area of science for joint funding research between BBSRC-Brazil (FAPESP) | Read Story | 5/10/2019 | UK |
Cassava farmers in Tanzania to benefit from new industry partnership with ACAI project | Read Story | 5/10/2019 | Nigeria |
IITA Cassava Matters Newsletter – Seventeenth Edition | Read Story | 5/05/2019 | Nigeria |
Structural and functional characteristics of optimised dry-heat-moisture treated cassava flour and starch | Read Story | 5/01/2019 | China |
Linking CRISPR-Cas9 interference in cassava to the evolution of editing-resistant geminiviruses | Read Story | 4/29/2019 | Switzerland |
Linking CRISPR-Cas9 interference in cassava to the evolution of editing-resistant geminiviruses | Read Story | 4/29/2019 | Switzerland |
Gene-Editing Technology may Produce Resistant Virus in Cassava Plant | Read Story | 4/29/2019 | Switzerland |
Google has opened its first Africa Artificial Intelligence center in Ghana | Read Story | 4/14/2019 | Ghana |
A Survey research on Utilization of modified cassava flour for empowering wonogiri regency | Read Story | 4/12/2019 | Indonesia |
The Challenges of Using Mobile-Based Machine Learning to Identify Plant Diseases | Read Story | 4/9/2019 | USA |
Huge success of virus and vector diagnostic training could lead to similar future opportunities | Read Story | 4/5/2019 | UK |
The University of Battambang’s Cassava Propagation and Distribution Center develops high-yield cassava seedlings | Read Story | 4/3/2019 | Cambodia |
A Mobile-Based Deep Learning Model for Cassava Disease Diagnosis | Read Story | 3/29/2019 | USA |
Climate change is creating toxic crops and poisoning some of world’s poorest people, scientists warn | Read Story | 3/29/2019 | Global |
Development of a physicochemical method to quantify the extracellular liquid volume: Application to the transformation of cassava into gari | Read Story | 3/29/2019 | Global |
How genetically engineered crops can boost Africa’s fight against malnutrition | Read Story | 3/15/2019 | Africa |
IITA develops rapid multiplication technology to solve cassava problems | Read Story | 3/11/2019 | Nigeria |
Analyses of seven new whole genome sequences of cassava brown streak viruses in Mozambique reveals two distinct clades: evidence for new species | Read Story | 3/11/2019 | Mozambique |
Cassava planting material movement and grower behaviour in Zambia: implications for disease management | Read Story | 3/10/2019 | UK |
Identification and Characterizations of Pathogenic Fungal Species Associated with Symptoms of Cassava Anthracnose in Ivory Coast | Read Story | 3/10/2019 | Ivory Coast |
IITA scientists develop decision support tools to improve cassava agronomy in Africa | Read Story | 3/01/2019 | Nigeria |
Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential | Read Story | 3/01/2019 | Peru |
Surveillance for Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) in Cambodia and Vietnam one year after its initial detection in a single plantation in 2015 | Read Story | 3/01/2019 | Vietnam |
Plant Virus vector | Read Story | 3/01/2019 | USA |
9 research projects in 7 countries, with international collaborations involving 16 organisations, focusing on cassava and many other crops | Read Story | 2/20/2019 | UK |
Truly Inspiring: Fighting World Hunger with Cray Supercomputers | Read Story | 2/20/2019 | Australia |
A method for generating virus-free cassava plants to combat viral disease epidemics in Africa | Read Story | 2/20/2019 | UK |
Impact of Host Plant Species and Whitefly Species on Feeding Behavior of Bemisia tabaci | Read Story | 2/20/2019 | Tanzania |
How to achieve more than 20 tons per hectare of cassava with improved weed control | Read Story | 2/20/2019 | Nigeria |
Process Optimisation of Enzymatic Saccharification of Soaking Assisted and Thermal Pretreated Cassava Peels Waste for Bioethanol Production | Read Story | 2/15/2019 | South Africa |
Cassava, sweet potato bread making initiative ends on a high note | Read Story | 2/15/2019 | Antigua and Barbuda |
Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium | Read Story | 2/15/2019 | Nigeria |
Opportunities to Commercialize Cassava Production for Poverty Alleviation and Improved Food Security in Tanzania. | Read Story | 2/13/2019 | Tanzania |
How Data Collected to Identify Cassava Varieties in Vietnam helped Southeast Asia Respond Rapidly To a Viral Disease Outbreak | Read Story | 2/13/2019 | Vietnam |
Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin | Read Story | 8/2/2019 | Global |
First report of Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus infected cassava in China | Read Story | 8/2/2019 | China |
Nigeria’s GMO crop research to advance in 2019 | Read Story | 1/22/2019 | Nigeria |
VSU study bares how witch's broom impair cassava | Read Story | 1/18/2019 | Philippines |
A comparison study of five different methods to measure carotenoids in biofortified yellow cassava (Manihot esculenta) | Read Story | 1/17/2019 | Africa |
Developing bio pesticides against whitefly: a pump-prime funded project | Read Story | 1/10/2019 | UK |
Almost nine Million euros for improving seed systems in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa | Read Story | 1/10/2019 | Africa |
Fighting hunger in Africa - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports cassava research in Brunswick | Read Story | 1/9/2019 | Germany |
Innovations for Agricultural Value Chains in #Africa : Enhancing the #Cassava Value Chain #ebafosaa read their latest newsletter | Read Story | 1/9/2019 | Nigeria |
Biological control of an agricultural pest protects tropical forests | Read Story | 1/8/2019 | China |
A new MobileApp, Nuru, can help farmers & extensionists deal with the problem. Q&A with one of the creators | Read Story | 12/16/2018 | Africa |
Understanding cassava seed networks to curb disease spread in Southeast Asia | Read Story | 12/12/2018 | Asia |
Plenary Martin Fregene: African Development Bank 's thinking on Cassava and Agriculture | Read Story | 12/09/2018 | Africa |
NCU Researchers Achieve Lowest Toxin Level In Processed Cassava | Read Story | 12/06/2018 | Jamaica |
Exploring partnership to get AI app for disease diagnostics into farmers’ hands | Read Story | 11/22/2018 | USA |
Exploring partnership to get AI app for disease diagnostics into farmers’ hands | Read Story | 11/22/2018 | USA |
Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profiling Analysis of the Galactinol Synthase Gene Family in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) | Read Story | 11/18/2018 | China |
Cassava Plant Vibrant Green Leaves Close Up Panning Stock Video Footage | Read Story | 11/18/2018 | Sudan |
IITA, Sudan Sign MoU To Collaborate On Cassava Production | Read Story | 11/18/2018 | Sudan |
New publication: Pro-vitamin A Carotenoids Stability and Bioaccessibility From Elite Selection of Biofortified Cassava Roots (Manihot esculanta, Crantz) Processed to Traditional Flours and Porridges | Read Story | 11/11/2018 | Colombia |
First report of Cassava brown streak viruses on wild plant species in Mozambique | Read Story | 10/31/2018 | Mozambique |
An RTB-supported adoption study by IITA using DNAfingerprinting has revealed 66% of surveyed cassava farmers in Nigeria are growing improved varieties – that is around 3.1 million households | Read Story | 10/31/2018 | Peru |
Resurrecting your ‘zombie’ data just got a lot easier | Read Story | 10/31/2018 | Global |
Whitefly-transmitted viruses threatening cassava production in Africa | Read Story | 10/31/2018 | USA |
Improvement of the storability and Maintenance of postharvest quality of Cassava using surface coating | Read Story | 10/31/2018 | Kenya |
Missed the 18th ISTRC meeting.Watch here | Read Story | 10/26/2018 | Colombia |
Emergency CMD mitigation plan for affected countries #ISTRC2018 | Read Story | 10/24/2018 | Colombia |
A new full-length circular DNA sequencing method for viral-sized genomes reveals that RNAi transgenic plants provoke a shift in geminivirus populations in the field | Read Story | 10/21/2018 | Zurich |
Documenting and analyzing a successful case of biological control against the cassava mealybug | Read Story | 10/21/2018 | Asia |
Cassava Mosaic Disease Control Plan in South East Asia – Ninth GCP21 Strategic Meeting, Phnom Penh, Cambodia-GCP21 Newsletter | Read Story | 10/21/2018 | Colombia |
Interview of Lawrence Kent during the 2018 GCP21 Conference in Benin, Cotonou | Read Story | 10/21/2018 | Benin |
EARLIER TODAY: The launching of the E-Certification using Cassava Seed Tracker (CST) in SW Nig. was done | Read Story | 10/11/2018 | Nigeria |
Breeding improved cassava varieties that women and men want | Read Story | 10/11/2018 | Peru |
AfDB seeks partnership to lift one billion people out of hunger | Read Story | 10/01/2018 | Nigeria |
#CMDinSEA. The large group offering hope for effective control of CMD | Read Story | 09/26/2018 | Cambodia |
Moving Towards Zero Hunger, One Genome at a Time | Read Story | 09/20/2018 | Africa |
Multispectral imaging system and data-processing approach for the identification and discrimination of of insect vectors of mosaic and brown streak disease in #cassava plants | Read Story | 09/20/2018 | Africa |
A video demonstration on Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in Southeast Asia | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
Government representatives, development partners and #cassava researchers from around on #CMDinSEA | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
The Regional Workshop on "Cassava Mosaic Disease Control Plan in South-East Asia" begins today in Phnom Penh | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
#CMDinSEA- Dr. Claude | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
#CMDinSEA- Dr. Claude | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
#CMDinSEA- Dr. Claude | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
#CMDinSEA- Nami Minato | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
#CMDinSEA - Dr. Ham | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
Hernan highlghts finding a solution for CMD | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
Jonathan Newby shares results of the Policy / Awareness group with the surveillance group | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
Dr. Trinh Xuan Hoat from PPRI Vietnam, reporting on behalf of the the 'Diagnostic and Surveillance' working group #CMDinSEA | Read Story | 09/19/2018 | Vietnam |
Sequencing for farmers. Using genomics to fight cassava diseases | Read Story | 09/14/2018 | Kenya |
Connected aims to build a sustainable network of international scientists and researchers to address the challenges of vector-borne plant viruses in Africa | Read Story | 09/14/2018 | Africa |
Researchers set to develop cassava variety that fights climate change | Read Story | 09/16/2018 | Tanzania |
Cassava with improved starch | Read Story | 09/07/2018 | Switzerland |
CRISPR-Cas9 promotes disease tolerance against CBSD | Read Story | 09/04/2018 | USA |
Veteran cassava researchers win 2018 Golden Cassava Prize | Read Story | 07/12/2018 | Benin |
IITA holds training on techniques for weed management in cassava | Read Story | 07/12/2018 | Nigeria |
GCP21 calls for regional approach to stem the outbreak of cassava mosaic disease in Southeast Asia | Read Story | 06/21/2018 | Benin |
#ACAI team is giving presentations on #Cassava #Agronomy at scale at the #GCP21Benin2018 in #Cotonou @IITA_CGIAR @GEzui @CassavaMatters @Ngome23 @NteranyaS @KwesiAttaKrah @Cassavaweedmgt @kslopez77 | Read Story | 06/19/2018 | Benin |
AfDB to invest $120m to boost cassava, others in Africa | Read Story | 06/19/2018 | Benin |
Fabulous traditional dancing from #Benin at the Africa Night of the #GCP21Benin2018 meeting in Cotonou | Read Story | 06/19/2018 | Benin |
After leading GCP21 through 4 International conferences, Claude Fauquet (right) hands over the leadership to the extremely capable hands of Mr #cassava himself (in blue) Prof Malachy Akoroda. The cassava community looks forward to more exciting times ahead! | Read Story | 06/19/2018 | Benin |
Intercontinental movement of germplasm facilitated by the CGIAR Germplasm Health Units (of IITA & CIAT in case of cassava) is vital to accelerated cassava breeding for new traits, as shown in this NextGen project slide of Egesi | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
The tough job for us all is increasing fresh root yield. This is the case for all crops." - Dr Herman Ceballos (CIAT) | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Dr Herman Ceballos (CIAT) is presenting on "Progress and challenges in our understanding of cassava breeding and genetics | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
A host of #cassava products on display at #GCP21Benin2018 incl. animal feed. RTB is funding the scaling of a technology to turn cassava peels – a waste product – into high quality cassava peel mash that can be used in animal feed | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Varieties are distributed spatially around the landscape | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Heroes in the Global development of #cassava, Alfred Dixon of #IITA & Hernan Ceballos of #CIAT , both cassava breeders, each receive the Golden Cassava Award during the Africa Night of #GCP21Benin2018 The cassava community salutes two outstanding individuals | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Spatial analysis of #cassava virus epidemics and modelling cassava crop coverage Africa-wide | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Manual peeling of cassava demands skills and is predominantly done by women in #Africa | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Dr. Chiedozie (IITA) is delivering his talk on "NextGen Cassava breeding: Delivering Genetic Gains in Cassava to small holder Farmers in Africa" | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
"Cassava breeding is a lengthy process; it takes up to a decade to release new varieties." | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Collaboration enhances our work rather than diminish it. Sharing germplasm and knowledge is a smart thing to do." - Dr Herman Ceballos (CIAT) | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
The global cassava breeding network evaluated with its colleagues | Read Story | 06/15/2018 | Benin |
Improving Starch Yield of Tobacco Using Cassava Gene ssiv | Read Story | 04/18/2018 | Vietnam |
We're now testing GPR in a real cassava field environment." Dr. Michael Gomez Selvaraj | Read Story | 04/17/2018 | Colombia |
See our scientists in action as they make breeding cassava more efficient and less damaging to the plant | Read Story | 04/17/2018 | Colombia |
The transformation of cassava production should start right from Nigeria before extending to other parts of Africa | Read Story | 04/17/2018 | Benin |
More cassava for less time | Read Story | 04/05/2018 | Colombia |
Global Cassava Partnership for the 21 century holds world press conference and cassava exhibition in Lagos | Read Story | 04/17/2018 | Nigeria |
Penn State-developed plant-disease app recognized by Google | Read Story | 04/04/2018 | USA |
Physical losses could partially explain modest carotenoid retention in dried food products from biofortified cassava | Read Story | 23/03/2018 | UK |
Agric commissioners propose 2019 budget for full deployment of IITA Cassava weed management techniques in states | Read Story | 23/03/2018 | Nigeria |
NuruAI the cassava disease diagnosis app being put through her paces in Rutana | Read Story | 22/03/2018 | Burundi |
Exchanging and managing in-vitro elite germplasm to combat Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in Eastern and Southern Africa | Read Story | 22/03/2018 | Tanzania |
Cassava rising: International project inaugurates 2nd phase in Tanzania | Read Story | 22/03/2018 | USA |
Allele exchange at the EPSPS locus confers glyphosate tolerance in cassava | Read Story | 03/09/2018 | USA |
Data can help to end malnutrition across Africa, writes Kofi Annan | Read Story | 03/07/2018 | Africa |
What can a breeder do without good data? | Read Story | 03/07/2018 | USA |
DRC ranks number 7 out of 78 countries suitable for investing in vitamin A cassava | Read Story | 03/04/2018 | Nigeria |
Kenya inching closer to disease-free GMO cassava | Read Story | 02/18/2018 | Kenya |
Unravelling the Genetic Diversity among Cassava Bemisia tabaci whiteflies using NextRAD Sequencing | Read Story | 02/18/2018 | Tanzania |
Cornell receives $35M to support cassava development for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa | Read Story | 02/17/2018 | USA |
Bill Gates: Improving photosynthesis can solve world hunger | Read Story | 02/06/2018 | USA |
IITA and partners meet with Togo president and officials to discuss joint projects | Read Story | 02/03/2018 | Nigeria |
Protecting cassava from disease? There’s an app for that | Read Story | 02/01/2018 | USA |
Provitamin A biofortification of cassava enhances shelf life but reduces dry matter content of storage roots due to altered carbon partitioning into starch | Read Story | 01/31/2018 | USA |
Cassava-cowpea-forage grass system is a climate-smart practice used by farmers to improve soil fertility in vietnam | Read Story | 01/28/2018 | Vietnam |
IITA receives grant to carry out confined field trials of transgenic cassava | Read Story | 01/10/2018 | Nigeria |
Free cropping & #soil health manuals on #cassava and many more crops | Read Story | 12/05/2017 | Africa |
Accelerating University of Lampung Excellence on Cassava through breeding & technology | Read Story | 12/05/2017 | Indonesia |
Breeding of Cassava new cultivar SC No.14 resistant to Postharvest physiological deterioration in CATAS, China | Read Story | 12/05/2017 | China |
Rapid Mass healthy seed system of cassava developed by Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GXAAS) | Read Story | 12/05/2017 | China |
Cassava breeding in the University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB) | Read Story | 12/05/2017 | Philippines |
Bridging Cassava to the Community: Simple practices of Connecting Research-Industry-Community in Bogor Agricultural University | Read Story | 12/05/2017 | Indonesia |
Local varieties of cassava: conservation, cultivation and use in Uganda | Read Story | 11/28/2017 | Uganda |
DNA fingerprinting uncovers exactly who and why farmers use improved cassava | Read Story | 11/25/2017 | Colombia |
Occurrence of cassava brown streak disease and associated Cassava brown streak virus and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus in the Comoros Islands | Read Story | 11/25/2017 | Comoras |
Unusual occurrence of a DAG motif in the Ipomovirus Cassava brown streak virus and implications for its vector transmission | Read Story | 11/24/2017 | Australia |
Cassava's Flower Power - How do you breed a crop that hates making flowers? | Read Story | 11/24/2017 | USA |
NextGen Cassava newsletter October-December 2017 | Read Story | 11/24/2017 | USA |
One step closer to crops with twice the yield | Read Story | 11/15/2017 | The Netherlands |
VIRCA Plus relies on community values to develop farmer-preferred disease resistant cassava variety | Read Story | 11/08/2017 | USA |
Deep assessment of genomic diversity in Cassava for Herbicide Tolerance and starch biosynthesis | Read Story | 10/29/2017 | Colombia |
Where in the world is there a cassava virus? This new app can show you | Read Story | 10/29/2017 | Colombia |
Combining cassava flour in the bread dough might assure access to food in the future | Read Story | 10/25/2017 | Denmark |
Potato and cassava will be selected as the candidate plant models for investigation microgravity environment in the space | Read Story | 10/25/2017 | Thailand |
Thai researchers win Platinum and Gold Medal awards in Taipei | Read Story | 10/25/2017 | Thailand |
A surprising focus on roots, tubers and bananas at the Sugarcane Research Institute of Tanzania | Read Story | 10/24/2017 | Tanzania |
Household determinants of the adoption of improved Cassava varieties using DNA fingerprinting to identify varieties in farmer fields: A Case study in Colombia | Read Story | 10/18/2017 | Colombia |
Dupont pioneer and Danforth center collaborate to apply cutting-edge technologies to improve crops for smallholder farmers | Read Story | 10/18/2017 | USA |
CIAT and ICAR expand partnership addressing challenges to South Asian agriculture | Read Story | 10/17/2017 | India |
IITA breakthrough: Now, cassava farmers will no longer worry about weeds or weeding | Read Story | 10/17/2017 | Nigeria |
ICTs For Small-Scale Farmers: A Game Changing Approach to Climate Smart Agriculture in Latin America | Colombia and Honduras | Read Story | 10/13/2017 | Global |
With genome editing, plant breeding gets a boost | Read Story | 10/13/2017 | Colombia |
Uganda’s Parliament on October 4, 2017 passed the long-awaited National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill into law becoming the Biosafety Act of 2017 | Read Story | 10/11/2017 | Uganda |
New app diagnoses crop diseases in the field and alerts rural farmers | Read Story | 10/08/2017 | Nigeria |
Substantial investment to tackle challenges of African vector-borne plant diseases | Read Story | 10/08/2017 | UK |
First SAH originated cassava stems harvested in Nigeria | Read Story | 10/06/2017 | Nigeria |
Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century – GCP21 Creating Database about Cassava Projects around the World | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | USA |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-8 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-7 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-6 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-5 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-4 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-3 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-2 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava Matters Newsletter – Issue-1 | Read Story | 10/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Kalro develops new cassava varietyin push for alternative crops | Read Story | 10/01/2017 | Kenya |
Boosting breeding of carbohydrate heavyweight cassava | Read Story | 10/01/2017 | UK |
NRI signs cooperation agreement with EMBRAPA, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation | Read Story | 09/25/2017 | UK |
Vitamin-enriched cassava, sweet potato maize & more from HarvestPlus | Read Story | 09/22/2017 | USA |
HarvestPlus named finalist in MacArthur foundation competition for $100 million grant | Read Story | 09/22/2017 | USA |
In East African cassava fields, a new genomics tool is saving crops and lives | Read Story | 09/21/2017 | Tanzania |
Ugandan biotech cassava field trials show another success in virus resistance, protecting a crop that feeds >800 M | Read Story | 09/21/2017 | Uganda |
Stellenbosch University partner with AB InBev | Read Story | 09/20/2017 | South Africa |
CIAT and ICAR sign updated MOU to collaborate on cassava, forages, climate, beans, soils and BigData | Read Story | 09/16/2017 | Colombia |
Paper on biohydrogen yields from cassava residue and swine manure | Read Story | 09/16/2017 | China |
Why “Namikonga” farmers’ variety can withstand devastating effects of deadly viral cassava disease | Read Story | 09/16/2017 | Tanzania |
AfDB in new drive to spur agric industrialisation | Read Story | 09/16/2017 | Rwanda |
Customising solutions—whiteflies and world hunger | Read Story | 09/16/2017 | Australia |
Harvest Plus, is promoting crop bio-fortification with vitamin A, iron or zinc | Read Story | 09/16/2017 | Nigeria |
Time series transcriptome analysis of cassava varieties challenged with Ugandan cassava brown streak virus | Read Story | 09/10/2017 | Uganda |
Tackling agriculturally relevant diseases in the staple crop cassava (Manihot esculenta) | Read Story | 09/10/2017 | Switzerland |
Soil fertility and plant health offer clues why cassava entices certain pests | Read Story | 09/08/2017 | Colombia |
Madagascar food security outlook update for cassava and other Key crops | Read Story | 09/06/2017 | Madagascar |
Tensor Flow App for Cassava Disease Diagnosis got its first field outing | Read Story | 09/06/2017 | Nigeria |
Scavenging the Mexican wild for cassava that make symptoms of cassava mosaic disease worse | Read Story | 09/01/2017 | Mexico |
3 years of Tanzania study finds that communities can reduce cassava disease’s impact | Read Story | 08/29/2017 | Tanzania |
Classification of elite cassava varieties (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivated in Benin Republic using farmers’ knowledge, morphological traits and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers | Read Story | 08/27/2017 | Benin |
Innovative processing technology for converting fresh peels into high-quality cassava peel mash for use as livestock feed | Read Story | 08/26/2017 | Nigeria |
The ABC of weed management in cassava production in Nigeria | Read Story | 08/25/2017 | Nigeria |
Multi-crop project in Uganda catalyzes postharvest innovations | Read Story | 08/25/2017 | Uganda |
Lessons from efforts to reduce postharvest losses and commercialize cassava to boost food security in Africa | Read Story | 08/25/2017 | Peru |
Lessons from efforts to reduce postharvest losses and commercialize cassava to boost food security in Africa | Read Story | 08/25/2017 | Tanzania |
IITA, USAID Mission to jointly tackle cassava diseases in DR Congo | Read Story | 08/25/2017 | Dr Congo |
Scientists discover generic markers resistant to deadly cassava diseases | Read Story | 08/24/2017 | Tanzania |
Experts want research and technology to drive up agriculture transformation | Read Story | 09/08/2017 | Rwanda |
Researchers introduce semi-autotrophic hydroponics (SAH) technology to speed up Cassava multiplication | Read Story | 08/08/2017 | Nigeria |
Ground penetrating radar: a case study for estimating root bulking rate in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) | Read Story | 08/08/2017 | Colombia |
Learn about cassava variety Nataima-31 - bred for whitefly resistance, high yield & cooking qualities | Read Story | 08/05/2017 | Colombia |
Gates team discusses food security with IITA | Read Story | 08/05/2017 | Nigeria |
Have you checked out our newest publication, 'Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava, Volume 1' | Read Story | 08/04/2017 | Global |
FIIRO partners German firms GIZ, BOSCH on cassava processing | Read Story | 08/02/2017 | Nigeria |
7 counties to benefit from 6.5mn euro grant to boost cassava production |
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East African scientists turn to gene sequencing against 'Ebola of plants' |
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Electronic Cassava Root developed by Keith Tomlins at NRI helps tracks the cassava root freshness during transportation from farm to market |
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Driving adoption with multi-media platforms: Cassava projects' winning strategy | Read Story | 07/07/2017 | Nigeria |
IITA_CGIAR ’s research breakthroughs on Root tuber and Banana highlighted at media forum | Read Story | 07/05/2017 | Nigeria |
New cassava varieties to ease Hunger pangs | Read Story | 07/05/2017 | Kenya |
Dr.Daniel Debouck received the highest award of Kingdom Belgium:Order of Leopold | Read Story | 07/01/2017 | Colombia |
AfDB’s Akinwumi Adesina named 2017 World Food Prize Laureate | Read Story | 06/30/2017 | Global |
A Project from Embrapa creates new protocol forlarge-scale production of disease-free, drought-resistant cassava seedlings with good genetic quality cassava seedlings | Read Story | 06/30/2017 | Brazil |
Study from embrapa and USDA shows that elevated [CO2] alleviates the effect of drought stress on cassava and increase the yield | Read Story | 06/30/2017 | Brazil |
IFAD, AATF to boost 13, 000 farmers with cassava mechanisation programme | Read Story | 06/28/2017 | Nigeria |
CRISPR: A new toolbox for better crops | Read Story | 06/15/2017 | USA |
Minister of finance visits IITA, ADB-funded agri-business empowerment programme | Read Story | 06/13/2017 | Nigeria |
NARO showcases the power of Biotechnology in improving commercial Cassava production | Read Story | 06/02/2017 | Uganda |
New study published on FLOWERING LOCUS T triggers early and fertile flowering in glasshouse-grown cassava plants | Read Story | 05/31/2017 | Belgium |
Tackling agriculturally relevant diseases in the staple crop cassava (Manihot esculenta) | Read Story | 05/23/2017 | Switzerland |
Treasure trove of new plant discoveries revealed including 11 new species of cassava from Brazil | Read Story | 05/21/2017 | UK |
Agri-tech innovation is breaking down barriers for African cassava farmers | Read Story | 05/17/2017 | South Africa |
New manuals show how to extend shelf-life of cassava roots to increase incomes & food security | Read Story | 05/17/2017 | Peru |
RTB launches second phase and enhanced partnership with Wageningen University & Research | Read Story | 05/17/2017 | Peru |
New opportunities and challenges to engineer disease resistance in cassava, a staple food of African small-holder farmers | Read Story | 05/11/2017 | USA |
Gorta-Self Help Africa wins €6.5m crop project in Kenya | Read Story | 0511/2017 | Kenya |
Building an Economically Sustainable Seed System for Cassava in Tanzania (BEST Cassava) | Read Story | 05/10/2017 | Tanzania |
Innovatively expanding the reach and impact of Vitamin A Cassava in Africa | Read Story | 05/04/2017 | Nigeria |
Cassava is genetically decaying, putting staple crop at risk | Read Story | 05/03/2017 | Nigeria |
Accelerating scaling of innovations in the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative | Read Story | 05/03/2017 | Nigeria |
New cassava cultivar released by the Tropical Crops Genetic Resource Institute, China | Read Story | 04/26/2017 | China |
New cassava variety to lift West Nile farmers off the poverty hook | Read Story | 04/23/2017 | Uganda |
Minister tasks research institutes to commercialise findings | Read Story | 04/21/2017 | Nigeria |
Scientist use phylogeny to isolate the the cassava’s biggest destroyer: whiteflies, in Kenya | Read Story | 04/20/2017 | Kenya |
Researchers to unveil techniques for controlling weeds in cassava | Read Story | 03/30/2017 | Nigeria |
Rockefeller Foundation announces $500,000 funding for university’s "Cassava Bag" | Read Story | 03/29/2017 | UK |
Experts to develop commercial models for Cassava | Read Story | 03/23/2017 | Nigeria |
Comparative gender efficiency in Cassava production in Ogun State, Nigeria | Read Story | 03/23/2017 | Nigeria |
Nigeria to benefit from N7.6b cassava grant | Read Story | 03/21/2017 | Nigeria |
Gender training workshop report by Prof. Janice Olawoye | Read Story | 03/17/2017 | Nigeria |
New research claimed to identify the first cyanogenic glucoside transporter in cassava responsible for toxic cassava | Read Story | 03/16/2017 | Denmark |
Early transcriptome response to brown streak virus infection in susceptible and resistant cassava varieties | Read Story | 03/12/2017 | Switzerland |
Early transcriptome response to brown streak virus infection in susceptible and resistant cassava varieties | Read Story | 03/12/2017 | Switzerland |
Scientists to detail progress and challenges regarding global cassava threats at meetings in Nigeria | Read Story | 03/10/2017 | Nigeria |
DA-PRDP to start cassava granules production in S. Cotabato | Read Story | 03/10/2017 | Philippines |
Eliminating hidden hunger in Africa by fortifying staple crops | Read Story | 02/26/2017 | USA |
HarvestPlus plans 500,000mt demand for biofortified crops, foods in 2017 | Read Story | 02/26/2017 | Nigeria |
The magic of cassava: adapting to climate change in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Read Story | 02/23/2017 | DRC |
Ericulture- a boom to cassava farmers | Read Story | 02/21/2017 | Thailand |
Gene expression atlas for the food security crop cassava | Read Story | 02/16/2017 | USA |
Ogun govt partners IFAD on cassava, rice production | Read Story | 02/15/2017 | Nigeria |
Innovative NRI projects measure up tools for improved nutrition | Read Story | 02/10/2017 | UK |
Malawi farmers apply new methods to increase yield | Read Story | 02/14/2017 | Malawi |
CPR releases new variety of Cassava variety to Tanzania | Read Story | 02/09/2017 | Tanzania |
African Cassava Agronomy Initiative helps unlock the agronomy of cassava across Nigeria and Tanzania | Read Story | 02/09/2017 | Nigeria |
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Controlling the twin viral cassava diseases in East Africa through breeding-major victories, but fight is far from over | Read Story | 02/06/2017 | Tanzania |
Effects of CO2 Enrichment on Drought-Stressed Cassava Plants | Read Story | 02/02/2017 | Publication |
VSU study bares how phytoplasma impair cassava | Read Story | 02/01/2017 | Philippines |
A simple hydroponic hardening system and the effect of nitrogen source on the acclimation of in vitro cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) | Read Story | 01/29/2017 | Colombia |
CRISPR inventors expand into agriculture to create desired mutations in Cassava and many other crops | Read Story | 01/26/2017 | USA |
Research shows how to grow more cassava, one of the world’s key food crops | Read Story | 01/25/2017 | USA |
Cassava could 'transform economies' in Central Africa | Read Story | 01/24/2016 | Cameroon |
West Australian agricultural scientist wins prestigious TED fellowship | Read Story | 01/20/2017 | Australia |
New disease resistant cassava varieties to be multiplied | Read Story | 12/28/2016 | Rwanda |
Cassava coup for Africa with new technology | Read Story | 01/17/2016 | Australia |
New disease resistant cassava varieties to be multiplied | Read Story | 12/28/2016 | Rwanda |
Co-fermentation of cassava waste pulp hydrolysate with molasses to ethanol for economic optimization | Read Story | 12/28/2016 | Thailand |
New book on cassava now online | Read Story | 12/28/2016 | Global |
Danforth Center receives funding to expand cassava project to Nigeria | Read Story | 12/23/2016 | Nigeria |
Promote alliances in cassava R&D to aid food security | Read Story | 12/21/2016 | Cameroon |
Why We’re Biofortifying Staple Foods – Howarth Bouis | Read Story | 12/16/2016 | Nigeria |
IITA Cameroon participates in the CTA Cassava regional Forum in Yaoundé | Read Story | 12/16/2016 | Nigeria |
Behind the cover: New phytologist 213:1, January 2017 | Read Story | 12/12/2016 | Global |
Isabela-made implement digs cassava fast | Read Story | 12/05/2016 | Philippines |
Tanzania partners with Cornell-affiliated NextGen Cassava | Read Story | 12/05/2016 | Tanzania |
Global initiative calls for urgent action against invasive alien species | Read Story | 11/29/2016 | Global |
Divergent evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of cassava mosaic geminiviruses in Madagascar | Read Story | 11/29/2016 | Madagascar |
Southwestern Colombia will have two new varieties of cassava delivered by Corpoica | Read Story | 11/29/2016 | Colombia |
The 1st International Fair of Cassava (Fiman) brings together 60 exhibitors and 5000 visitors | Read Story | 11/27/2016 | Brazil |
UNIDO promotes cassava bioethanol technology transfer at a Ho Chi Minh City | Read Story | 11/27/2016 | Vietnam |
Lassa fever: UI researcher develops rat baits from cassava waste | Read Story | 11/27/2016 | Nigeria |
Chapter contribution to a new book | Read Story | 11/23/2016 | Ghana |
Transforming cassava peel waste to quality feeds fast-tracked by private sector in Nigeria | Read Story | 11/21/2016 | Nigeria |
Eleven years of breeding efforts to combat cassava brown streak disease | Read Story | 11/16/2016 | Uganda |
Scientists bang heads in Malawi to save Cassava from viral eradication | Read Story | 11/16/2016 | Malawi |
Accelerated Cassava breeding coming via OHV technology collaboration | Read Story | 11/16/2016 | USA |
The output of 2nd Introductory Workshop on Ethanol production from Cassava | Read Story | 11/15/2016 | Thailand |
The Cassava Genome Hub: Terabytes of tuberous tropical root research set to revolutionize big data for agriculture | Read Story | 11/15/2016 | Vietnam |
Efforts on stream to increase cassava yield | Read Story | 11/13/2016 | Guyana |
IITA scientist and spouse counsel young innovators in Nigeria | Read Story | 11/11/2016 | Nigeria |
Fight against Ganoderma root rot disease begins in the acacia seedling | Read Story | 11/08/2016 | Vietnam |
Special Report: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to Madagascar | Read Story | 11/08/2016 | FAO |
A step towards better nutrition for African children | Read Story | 11/07/2016 | Nigeria |
Cassava brown streak virus has a rapidly evolving genome | Read Story | 11/05/2016 | UK |
Cassava mechanization workshop at IITA-Ibadan | Read Story | 11/04/2016 | Nigeria |
Researchers canvass integrated approach to cassava production | Read Story | 11/02/2016 | Nigeria |
Cassava, flies and viruses: studying the role of whiteflies in cassava disease at the BecA-ILRI Hub | Read Story | 11/02/2016 | Kenya |
Brewing a cassava crop model | Read Story | 11/01/2016 | Colombia |
Anambra gets FG, World Bank backing for cassava project | Read Story | 11/01/2016 | Nigeria |
Smart farming of cassava with focus on integrated soil fertility management increases yield by 60% in Tanzania | Read Story | 10/29/2016 | Tanzania |
CGIAR announces approval of next phase of CRPs | Read Story | 10/28/2016 | Peru |
IITA cited for its efforts in improving food and nutrition security | Read Story | 10/28/2016 | Nigeria |
CTCRI Vision 2050 | Read Story | 10/28/2016 | India |
Application for admission to One-Year training programme in modern and sustainable agriculture | Read Story | 10/28/2016 | Nigeria |
Kenyan scientists on track to develop virus-resistant cassava | Read Story | 10/27/2016 | Kenya |
Researchers root for more cassava research | Read Story | 10/27/2016 | USA |
CAVA II Uganda adopts over 40 new SMEs and CPGs into cassava production and processing | Read Story | 10/26/2016 | Uganda |
Scientists root for more cassava research to help meet greater demand for food | Read Story | 10/25/2016 | UK |
Visting researcher focuses on droughts and climate variability | Read Story | 10/25/2016 | Sweden |
Chevron launches cassava projects with 40 graduates | Read Story | 10/24/2016 | Nigeria |
Accepting applications for 2017 Borlaug fellowships | Read Story | 10/17/2016 | USA |
5-year corn, cassava roadmap for AgNor OK’d | Read Story | 10/16/2016 | Philippines |
Programs empower women farmers around the world | Read Story | 10/15/2016 | USA |
Auburn University post-doc tracks cassava virus history in East Africa | Read Story | 10/14/2016 | Kenya |
Guangdong Province to support the production of cassava CATAS farm mechanization "going out" | Read Story | 10/13/2016 | China |
Joint station, to carry out cassava research | Read Story | 10/11/2016 | China |
Handbook on arthropod pests and diseases of cassava released | Read Story | 10/10/2016 | Philippines |
Ivorian cassava yield triples with better soil management | Read Story | 10/04/2016 | Belgium |
IITA DDG strengthens ties with staff, partners in Rwanda | Read Story | 10/01/2016 | Nigeria |
Integrated weed control holds promise for cassava revolution in smallholder farms, says Cornell professor | Read Story | 09/26/2016 | Nigeria |
Video: Ugandan scientists to make plastic bags out of cassava |
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Edible crickets can be reared on weeds and cassava plant tops | Read Story | 09/22/2016 | Sweden |
Improving cassava processing: less energy, higher efficiency and more stable prices | Read Story | 09/19/2016 | Peru |
Cassava varieties show promise against deadly diseases | Read Story | 09/16/2016 | Kenya |
Celebrating achievements in the IITA Year of Open Access | Read Story | 09/09/2016 | Nigeria |
Gates grant helps NC state solve molecular mysteries | Read Story | 09/08/2016 | USA |
Cassava genome mapped to help boost its qualities | Read Story | 09/05/2016 | Kenya |
Vitamin A Cassava, Maize not GM Crops, say FG, experts | Read Story | 08/24/2016 | Nigeria |
The potential of using biotechnology to improve cassava: a review | Read Story | 08/12/2016 | Colombia |
GIZ, PIND partner with Federal Government, development organizations on National Cassava Summit | Read Story | 08/04/2016 | Nigeria |
A boost for Cassava production | Read Story | 06/23/2016 | Nigeria |
African cassava initiative moves to reduce yield gap on the continent | Read Story | 06/08/2016 | Nigeria |
Finally, ACAI and IITA-CWMP adopt Cassava matters as common platform for communication | Read Story | 06/03/2016 | Nigeria |
Corpoica and CIAT: committed to developing a better seed collection management system | Read Story | 06/01/2016 | Colombia |
The Rockefeller Foundation Cassava innovation challenge | Read Story | 05/12/2016 | USA |
Improving techniques to reduce postharvest losses: APHLIS+ launch | Read Story | 05/09/2016 | Ghana |
Future Smartphones will tell you what’s killing your plants | Read Story | 04/26/2016 | Philippines |
New project to build commercially sustainable cassava seed system in Nigeria | Read Story | 04/22/2016 | Nigeria |
Cassava's genetic map hints at cyanide secrets | Read Story | 04/19/2016 | USA |
Comparative analysis highlights impacts of previous breeding programs on cassava genome | Read Story | 04/18/2016 | USA |
Cassava in south-east Asia under threat from witches' broom disease | Read Story | 04/15/2016 | Vietnam |
Linkages between staple crops research and poverty outcomes | Read Story | 04/04/2016 | Peru |
Long dry season, diseases affect cassava production in Lango | Read Story | 03/30/2016 | Uganda |
Tackling climate change in agriculture | Read Story | 03/29/2016 | Vietnam |
Bill Gates donates $6m for cassava and rice farming in Nigeria | Read Story | 03/27/2016 | Nigeria |
Crop Research Institute invents cassava harvester | Read Story | 03/20/2016 | Ghana |
Melatonin plays a role in controlling postharvest physiological deterioration of cassava storage roots | Read Story | 03/17/2016 | China |
KNUST hosts quarterly meeting of the IITA-McGill Cassava project | Read Story | 03/15/2016 | Nigeria |
The annual AAAS meeting looked at the immune system, Roman portraits and genetic engineering. But first: improvements to a staple African crop | Read Story | 02/20/2016 | Washington |
Scientists discuss global Whitefly menace | Read Story | 02/16/2016 | Africa |
African Cassava agronomy initiative to change the fortunes of cassava farmers |
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