August 18, 2020

IITA Partners With Nigerian Government To Launch Cassava Processing Plant Targeting Youth

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Environment in partnership with IITA, under the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), commissioned a cassava processing factory in Korokoro Community, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, represented by the Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Marvin Dekil, during the commissioning, noted […]

July 8, 2020

Ekiti Govt Partners with CBN to empower 1,000 cassava farmers

The Ekiti Government, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is to empower 1,000 farmers to accelerate cultivation of cassava in the state. Speaking on Tuesday at the launching of the programme in Ado-Ekiti, Gov Kayode Fayemi, represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Folorunso Olabode, said that the cassava production value chain […]