WEEDS are major constraints to cassava production in Africa, contributing to yield reduction and placing a huge burden on the lives of farmers, especially women and children.
Because cassava is a long duration crop, women often stoop for hundreds of hours to weed and keep an hectare of cassava clean for a year. In some cases, children are withdrawn from school to help their parents to weed, a practice that compromises the education of children and undermines their future.
However, the gloomy side of weeds in cassava is changing and becoming brighter, thanks to researchers from IITA working under the Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) / and the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
