Researchers say in the last five years, BASICS has created a viable and sustainable cassavaseed system in Nigeria, opening a vista of opportunities for seed entrepreneurs and cassava farmers looking for new and improved varieties for cultivation.
can be profitable for players involved across the value chain and can sustainably deploy improved varieties of cassava stems to farmers while creating jobs.
The Project Director, Dr. Hemant Nitturkar, explained that the project was able to link breeders and researchers who developed improved cassava varieties and technologies; with farmers and processors who benefitted from high quality planting materials. According to Nitturkar, in Nigeria, 46 varieties were released in the last 20 years, but people do not know about or use more than about five of these varieties.
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