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December 9, 2019
Scientists, experts and scaling partners of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative, ACAI, of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA are set for their 4 annual review and planning meeting.
The Institute’s DigitalExtension and Advisory Services Specialist, Godwin Atser said, in a statementin Ibadan, Oyo State.
He explained that theaim of the meeting was to discuss and unveil the progress made in cassavaagro-nomy and how such efforts had been addressing the low-yield per hectre onfarmers’ fields in Nigeria and Tanzania.
Atser remarked thatacross Africa, yield per hectre of cassava was about nine tonnes, as opposed toAsia, with more than 20 tons/per ha. This, he said, undermined African cassavafarmers’ competitiveness in the export market.
The statement quoted theACAI Project Coordinator, Pieter Pypers, as saying that the meeting wasscheduled for Unguja Island in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from December 9 to12.