Nigeria gets five new cassava varieties
Amidst efforts to boost cassava production, scientists through the NextGen Cassava Project have released five improved cassava varieties to the delight of farmers. The newly released varieties were designed to have a significant impact on food security, and enhance farmers’ income, agro-industrialisation, and employment in the country, and more widely in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Project Director, NextGen Cassava, Professor Chiedozie Egesi,...