Cassava is a vital crop in Nigeria, contributing significantly to food security and livelihoods. However, post-harvest losses due to spoilage and inefficient processing methods pose a significant challenge. Integrating renewable energy solutions into cassava processing offers a transformative approach, reducing losses, creating jobs, and boosting income for processors and communities. The Challenge: Post-Harvest Losses and Inefficient...
Smallholder rural farmers in Kwara state, especially, women farmers, have opportunities to reduce post-harvest loss and improve their economic growth when they embrace Information Communication Technology (ICT) in their farming activities. Speaking with in Ilorin, Kwara state capital on Sunday, an agricultural entrepreneur and co-founder of Ayosifam Integrated Service Ltd, Funmilayo Esther Famuyiwa, said that women farmers and youth would be...
Farmers across the 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed their readiness to tap the opportunities in cassava and maize value chain as proposed by the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The farmers, under the auspices of Asiwaju Farmers Forum, stated this yesterday in Abuja. The group said their resolve to tap from the abundant opportunities in staples such...
