Challenges farmers on new innovations
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
The Federal Government has disclosed moves to adopt efficient technology in massive cassava production to compete favourably in the international market and create wealth.
This was made known by the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture in the Ministry, Karima Babangida, during a capacity building workshop on youth and women farmers to address ‘Yield Gap Cassava Production’ for South-East Zone, held at Roots Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Abia State, on Thursday.
Babangida pointed that Nigeria despite being the world’s largest producer of cassava has yield below 10 metric tonnes per hectare compared to countries such as Thailand whose production is way above that of Nigeria.
She further stated that this narrative can be changed because of the potential to achieve a greater yield of 40 metric tonnes per hectare based on the varieties of cassava stem that could be developed.
She said: “As you are…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
