Nigeria Pins Green Revolution Hopes on Cassava
A drive to improve cassava production, as part of a larger plan to turn Nigeria into a powerhouse for food production, now has a leading scientist at its helm.
A farmer digs out cassava tubers.
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Nigeria:
Nation Pins Green Revolution Hopes on Cassava
SciDev.Net, 24 October 2011
Nigeria's drive to boost the quality and processing of cassava, launched two months ago as part of a larger plan to turn the country into a powerhouse for food production, now has… Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Unfolds Blueprint On Agricultural Revolution
This Day, 21 October 2011
The Federal Government, Thursday, unfolded a blueprint for the transformation of the nation's agricultural sector, projecting that it would realise over N410 billion from rice and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Unveils Strategies to Combat Food Insecurity
This Day, 13 October 2011
Lagos State Government has unveiled fresh strategies to boost the production of rice and cassava in the state, which it said, would create more than 1.3 jobs for its indigenes and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Farmers to Earn U.S.$450 Million Through Cassava Transformation
Daily Trust, 5 October 2011
The Federal Government yesterday said Nigerian farmers can earn up to $450 million (N67.5bn) under the cassava transformation agenda, currently being undertaken through the Federal… Read more »