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In Thailand, a long-term experiment showed that rotating cassava yearly with groundnuts, followed by pigeon peas in the same year, contributed to a steady increase in cassava root yields, while yields under continuous cassava monocropping tended to decrease31. Many smallholder cassava production systems already incorpo... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
To facilitate the dissemination of improved cassava processing technology and adoption of mechanized cassava processing in the country, the FRI in collaboration with the IRI established the Cassava Processing Demonstration Unit (CPDU) at Pokuase in a joint project with the African Regional Centre for Technology based i... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
the Middle Belt, even here, the land allocated to cassava has been on the increase as cassava has become more popular. Declining productivity of land is a major source of worry for the farmers. The soils are generally of poor quality, lacking in important nutrients and easily prone to erosion. Farmers have, over the ye... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Generally, policy thrusts in some aspects have not been consistent. For some years, cassava products enjoyed trade liberation while in other years, it would be included | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
a most helpful development in the spread of new varieties at a faster pace than through the usual farmer-to-farmer gift system of small amounts of free stems. Furthermore, the extension strategy currently in place in Nigeria also facilitates the ease of dissemination of proven technology. The Government has a number of... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
This activity which is promoted by the Government is being explored actively by several potential exporters and it is envisaged in the foreseeable future that cassava may be considered as a cash crop rather than as a food crop. The processing of cassava is a widespread and important activity in the informal sector of t... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Indonesia has the region’s highest per capita cassava food supply, of 44 kg per year, well above the regional average of 6.7 kg. Cassava is also grown mainly for food in Kerala State, India, where farmers have achieved average root yields of 24 tonnes per ha, thanks to intensive production, often under irrigation20. La... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
technical fact seems not to be economically feasible under the circumstances of most cassava farmers. 4.4.3 Land degradation The principal causes of land degradation include soil erosion, deforestation and soil spillage. Erosion is a general problem all over the country, especially in the southeastern zone. Desertifica... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
ESCaPP activities included diagnostic surveys of cassava pests in targeted ecozones, development and testing of appropriate intervention technologies with farmer participation, training of researchers, extensionists and farmers and special postgraduate training through Winrock International for African women scientists... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
It is apparent that more work should be done on the effects of fertilizers in order to arrive at firm recommendations, especially for large-scale The National Root and Tuber Crops Improvement Project (NRTCIP) The increasing importance of root crops, cassava in particular, in the economy of Ghana led government to enter... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
efforts should be made to encourage the private sector to enter into the large-scale production of cassava. Modern farming estates with outgrower schemes should be encouraged and supported. This would enable the use of machinery and the employment of modern farming techniques to improve efficiency and profitability. To... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
However, the payment pattern by industries which is usually not on a cash-andcarry basis seems to encourage the intervention of middlepersons in the cassava flour supply business as the rural processors are not in a position to tie down their meagre The cases of breaking into the industrial market by rural/local proces... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Many smallholder cassava growers already practise key “Save and Grow” recommendations: reduced or zero tillage, protecting the soil surface with organic cover, and crop | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
future and start planning now against the time when World Bank funding for NARP will end and the Government will be the sole provider of funds. 7 A SYNTHESIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR A FUTURE STRATEGY FOR CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA With the clear demonstration that the various interventions to promote increase in cass... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Results of the 1992/93 Ghana Living Standards Survey show that out of the 1.7 million households who reported harvesting cassava two weeks prior to the interview day, 16 percent reported selling the crop over the same period. It is interesting to note that the estimated value of cassava sold by the 16 percent of househ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
By the 1800s it was being grown along Africa’s east coast and in Southern Asia. Farming of cassava expanded considerably in the 20th century, when it emerged as an important food crop across sub-Saharan Africa and in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Since it is sensitive to frost and has a growing season of nearly... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
The strategy was to cut back on imports of raw materials and capital inputs (GoG, 1977). This resulted in the birth of the Operation Feed Yourself and Operation Feed Your Industries programmes, which placed agriculture in the centre of the development strategy. The following cassava programme was specified under the Fi... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Ghana Living Standards Survey Report on the Second Round (GLSS 2) September 1988 - September 1989. Government of Ghana. 1964. Seven-Year Plan for National Reconstruction and Development 1963/64 to 1969/70. Office of the Planning Commission, Accra. Government of Ghana. 1977. Five-Year Development Plan 1975/76 – 1979/80,... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Chapter 2: Farming Systems 25 A study in Nigeria found that yields under conventional ridge tillage were up to 46 percent higher than those obtained in untilled fields18, although zero tillage was practised by the majority of local farmers. However, the trial beds were planted at the height of the rainy season in June... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
Until its entry into the cassava chip export market, formal trade in cassava was only of gari to Europe and North America. The average recorded trade volume was about 50 tonnes over the period 1985 to 1988 (Al Hassan, 1989). However, there has always been an unrecorded informal cross-border trade of cassava between Gha... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Quite a number of fertilizer trials has been carried out mainly at the Soil Research Institute, but the results have yet to be developed into definite recommendations (Ofori, 1970, 1973, 1976; Takyi, 1972, 1974; Cobbina and Thompson, 1987). However, as cassava is usually intercropped or is the last crop in the rotation... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
averaging 380 Kal/day per person (Dosoo and Amoa-Awua, 1992). Out of a total of 5 775 million tonnes of cassava produced in 1993, 1 798 million tonnes, representing 29.92 percent, were consumed by farmers whilst 4.84 percent was sold in the village and 36.89 percent outside the village (Antwi, 1994). In that year, cass... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Doku, E.V. 1967. Are there any alternatives to the traditional bush fallow system of maintaining fertility? Ghana Farmer 11, 27–38, Doku, E.V. 1969. Cassava in Ghana. Ghana Universities Press. 44 pp. Dosoo, E. & Amoa-Awua, W.K.A. 1992. Cassava in Ghana; its culture, utilization, limitations, plans and perspectives. Fir... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
1. Establishment of multidisciplinary national teams. This model has been adapted for other R&D activities in participating countries. 2. Set research and implementation of priorities for specific ecozones based on Information Resources CD-ROM of hyper-linked cassava information resources (personnel, institution and pr... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Chapter 8 outlines policies that facilitate sustainable intensification of cassava production, and underlines the importance – when introducing new practices or technologies – of “letting farmers decide”. | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
In the south, cassava followed by yam is the staple food. Yam consumption in most of the south is seasonal, being highest in the months of November to January, the period of harvest. Thereafter, cassava products and other supplementary foods take over. In the Middle Belt yam is the preferred staple in most of the zone ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Some of these efforts include forging strong collaboration with international research centres, especially IITA and sourcing for externally funded In order to mitigate the technical problems that constrain cassava production, NRCRI pursues the following objectives for its cassava programme: plant breeding for developme... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
However, industrial gari fryers have been developed by RAIDS, PRODA, FIIRO and IITA but these are more suitable for use in large-scale commercial enterprises or cooperative organizations, than at the household level. Attempts at mechanizing the peeling step have achieved very limited success, owing mainly to non-unifor... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
IFAD's initiative regarding a Global Cassava Development Strategy offers a unique opportunity for Ghana to develop the production, processing and marketing of cassava as a food security crop and a commercial crop for rural employment generation for the improvement of income for resource poor farmers and the national ec... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
A Village Infrastructure Project (VIP) will be launched in 1997 to complement ASIR. The VIP would support the effort of the Government to reduce poverty and increase the quality of life of the rural poor through increased transfer of technical and financial resources to develop basic and sustainable village-level infra... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The new simple hand lifter used by peasant farmers in Thailand and adapted by the Post-harvest Unit of the Agricultural Engineering Department of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture should be adopted for harvesting smallholder cassava farms; c. For commercial and large-scale farmers, the Leipzig University cassava har... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Experience has shown, however, that it also increases the prevalence of pests and diseases, and accelerates the depletion of soil nutrient stocks35, 38. In southern Brazil, year-round demand for cassava for starch processing has led to continuous monocropping in the same field, overlapping planting dates, increasing us... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
Adams, CD. 1957. Activities of Danish Botanists in Guinea 1738–1850. Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana III. Part 1. Alderman, H. & Higgens, P. 1992. Food and Nutrition Adequacy in Ghana. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Programme, Working Paper 27. Al-Hassan, R. 1989. Cassava in the Economy of Ghana. In:... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The development of research of human resources was also to be specific to the development of these commodities. The selected commodities were cereals and fish to fill the nutritional requirements, cocoa to improve the balance of payment situation and rice and sugar for both domestic consumption and export. Clearly, the... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
In Brazil, average cassava yields over four years of trials were 18.2 tonnes per ha on zero-tilled plots, significantly lower than the 24.7 tonnes obtained with conventional tillage15. However, in clay soil that had been previously planted with winter maize under zero tillage for four years, there were no significant d... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
The HCN content of the products was determined quantitatively by the enzymic method. Where this was not available, it was determined by the picrate leaf method and therefore reported as either high or low. 4.4.6 Access to markets Marketing can be a problem for poor farmers who may not have resources to transport their ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
of cassava chips such as Thailand where the commodity is not a major staple. Nigeria cannot benefit from the current international market price of cassava chips which sells at US$175/tonne. A cost benefit analysis indicates an average of Naira 3 000/tonne of fresh roots and the requirement of 4 tonnes of roots for prod... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The identification of agro-ecological zones for cassava in Africa with particular emphasis on soils. COSCA Working Paper No. 5. Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. Ugwu, B.O. 1996. Increasing cassava production in Nigeria and prospects for sustaining the trend, Outlook on Agriculture vol. 2... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
from a model of import substitution to a model of trade liberalization); changes in import, pricing, of credit policies for cassava or competing | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Currently, Ghana has access to the 145 000 tonnes annual quota of cassava chips for the members of GATT set by the EU. This quota has never been fully utilized in the past. The best performance of nearly 57 000 tonnes was achieved in 1995 (Macambro pers. comm., 1996). Ghana's export performance of cassava chips of abou... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
14 Save and Grow: Cassava biofortified varieties produce roots that are rich in vitamin A, iron Import substitution. Many governments have, or are considering, mandatory blending of mostly imported wheat flour with domestically produced cassava flour in bread making. Nigeria recently raised its levy on wheat flour to ... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
8 Save and Grow: Cassava Source: Annex Tables 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 1980-2011 Index: 1980=100 Source: Annex Tables 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 Source: Annex Tables 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 and the Caribbean, 1980-2011 Index: 1980=100 | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
For most households, ownership of farm land has been acquired through inheritance which is paternal, from father to son(s) or the nearest male relatives. This inheritance procedure and the customary concept of land ownership passes control over land to the household heads. However, in households where Muslim law is pra... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Chapter 1: Cassava, a 21st century crop 5 plant’s stems. After 3 months, some of its to swell with starch relocated from the leaves. Most of the root starch forms after the sixth month, when the plant also achieves maximum farm animals, while stems can be used as firewood and a substrate for growing mushrooms. Cassava’... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
Other factors which were not quite evident to the group respondents but which could explain the increasing trend may include: (i) the availability of improved varieties of cassava; (ii) relatively well-developed market access infrastructure; (iii) existence of improved processing technology; (iv) participation of middl... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
advantage of development programmes as far as possible; adequate and sustained research funding which must be timely released; development of new cassava products and packaging techniques for existing and promotion of industrial uses of cassava and diversification of processing options to encourage increased cassava pr... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The successful results of the biological control of the pest programme of cassava clearly indicate that recourse to external chemical inputs which are harmful to the environment will be avoided as much as possible through the use of limited amounts of chemical fertilizers where no other alternatives are available. Inte... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
A conscious effort should be made to provide inputs and logistics through a special fund to make this workable. This should form part of an overall national action plan for the industry. As a corollary, these farms should serve as secondary multiplication sites. 7.1.2 Research and extension In order to make cassava att... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Thirdly, the local market for cassava is well organized and highly competitive. Added to these is the fact that a large number of improved varieties exist from which farmers can obtain stems for planting. These are available from private farmers who grow cassava and sell stems. The trade on the stems of improved variet... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Planting of high yielding varieties has resulted in higher cash income, especially in areas with access to improved technology and market in Benue Imo and Ogun RRAs suggest that income from the marketing of cassava produce generates up to 34 percent of the total household farm income in Imo and Ogun States and 20 perce... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Source: Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa (1990). 4.2.1 Crop related factors farmers' activities leading to the accumulation of numerous local varieties and developing cultivation and processing methods; government interventions (direct and donor-assisted), through the Ministry of Agriculture (MOFA) and research... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Commercial livestock producers are fast adopting the use of cassava processed by-products in livestock feeding, appreciating its great potential in feed formulations. Cassava is also useful in several other industries, such as baking and brewing but the domestic consumption of cassava products has resulted in a limited... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
plantain and maize. Low-lying and seasonally flooded areas are increasingly being used for rice production. Broadly speaking, the cassava-growing belt falls within three agro-ecological zones of the southeast, southwest and the central areas. The first two zones fall within the humid tropics. The predominant soil types... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
6.4.3 Processing facilities Cassava roots are perishable, spoiling within three to four days after harvest. They are also heavy, containing 70 percent moisture by weight. In addition, they contain cyanogenic glucosides which breakdown to form hydrocyanic acid (HCN), a toxic compound. Processing is necessary to reduce t... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
cassava roots. To encourage the use of locally produced starch, it may be necessary to place some restrictions on the importation of starch. 6.3 PROGRESS IN CASSAVA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT At present, agricultural research is currently undertaken by 17 research institutes under the Federal Department of Agricultural S... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Chapter 1: Cassava, a 21st century crop 9 Output of cassava has increased most markedly in sub-Saharan Africa, which harvested 140.9 million tonnes – more than half of the global harvest – in 2011. Between 1980 and 2000, production almost doubled, from 48.3 million to 95.3 million tonnes, thanks to a 56 percent increas... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
However, effective programmes were put into place to check the spread of diseases including the Cassava Mosaic Virus Disease (CMVD), Cassava Bacterial Blight (CBB) and pests such as cassava mealybug and cassava green spider mite. Since 1984, a biological control programme has been established by MOFA for the control of... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Nigeria is currently the largest producer of cassava in the world with an annual production of over 34 million tonnes of tuberous roots. Cassava is largely consumed in many processed forms in Nigeria. Its use in the industry and livestock feed, is well known, but is gradually increasing, especially as import substituti... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The village surveys also suggest that prior to 1989/90, when the survey was conducted, cassava production increased more through area planted to the crop (by displacing fallow land or other crops) than by increasing yields (Table 1). | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
As warmer conditions start to favour intensive cassava production in new areas of Africa, Asia and South America, the risk of pest and disease problems is expected to Continuous cultivation of cassava – involving at least 10 years of production on the same piece of land with less than one year of fallow between crops –... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
In addition to the selection of suitable varieties, farmers also evolved cropping systems in the form of rotations and crop mixtures suitable for the various agro-ecological zones in which they operate, generally in the following sequence: maize - legume (cowpea) maize/cassava - fallow (Doku, 1967). With fallow periods... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
identification and formation for about 10 608 processing groups. About 3 936 processing and utilization demonstration/training workshops were conducted for such groups and other individuals and some women groups received credit from NGOs to establish processing centres; and identification of about 300 local manufacture... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The APMEU-ICR report on CMP also revealed that gross returns to the farmers from one hectare of cassava farm increased in nominal terms from about Naira 11 000 in 1987 to Naira 77 000 in 1997. To the whole economy, it was estimated that CMP resulted in over 35 percent economic rate of return. 7.4 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
7.2.3 Cassava-based flours for bakery and industrial uses A study has indicated that there is a significant market potential for unfermented cassava flours as partial or total replacement for wheat in food and for the manufacturing of plywood and paperboard in industry (Day et al., 1996). In industry, the application o... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Moreover, mechanization of farming activities such as land clearing and preparation will be difficult in most of the cassava-producing areas because of heavy rainfall and the dominance of trees and shrubs. Similarly, use of work oxen is difficult because of tsetse fly infestation and the nature of the soil. Thus, consi... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Spread and Performance of Improved Cassava Varieties in Nigeria. COSCA Working Paper No. 15. Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. Nweke, Felix I. Ugwu, B.O., Asiedu, C.L. & Ay, P. 1992. Production Costs in the Yam based Cropping Systems of Southeastern Nigeria. RCMP Research Monograph No. 6.... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Mechanized cassava processing is often not a viable venture because the products have to compete with traditional products which are underpriced because traditional processors rely on family labour which is not perceived as cost. To process cassava profitably the plant has to be sited at very high cassava producing are... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA A Country Case Study towards a Global Strategy for Cassava Development Department of Agriculture Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
6 Save and Grow: Cassava Source: FAO. 2013. FAOSTAT statistical database (http://faostat.fao.org/). Among the family of staple food crops, cassava was long regarded as the least suited to intensification. Cassava stem cuttings are bulky and can easily transmit serious pests and diseases, and the plant’s very low rate ... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
Chapter 2: Farming Systems 29 In Indonesia, farmers plant cassava along with faster growing crops, such as maize and rice. After the cereal harvest, they Growing cassava with short-duration grain legumes has an added advantage: it supplies both carbohydrates and protein, which provide the foundation of a healthy diet ... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
Nigeria is currently the largest producer of cassava in the world with an annual output of over 34 million tonnes of tuberous roots. Cassava production has been increasing for the past 20 or more years in area cultivated and in yield per hectare. On average, the harvested land area was over 80 percent higher during 199... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
This case study on cassava was prepared in eight weeks, by a cross-section of Ghanaians who are currently engaged in the crop and were supported with information from relevant institutions/organizations, the private sector, farmers and NGOs that are contributing to the development of the crop as food security and comme... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Seven of these are at the zonal offices and five are at the headquarters in Ibadan. RAIDS has no computers, few vehicles, inadequate facilities for producing publications no testing facilities for equipment and little office equipment. Among the professional staff, only the Assistant Coordinator for Monitoring is a wom... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
In the first, second and third year, yields were 17 percent, 28 percent and 58 percent higher, respectively, than those of unmulched cassava (Figure 8)25. Growing cover crops between cassava cropping cycles is regarded mainly as a soil improvement practice (see Chapter 5, Crop nutrition). However, it can also help redu... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
The aim would be to save labour, improve the efficiency of production, improve the quality of products and diversify to enhance marketability of products. The objectives of increasing production and the remunerative process of cassava products would be taken as interdependent. Thus, promotion of industrial uses of cass... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Women also need to be properly organized to gain better access to these services and resources. Furthermore, for some villages, the existing processing facilities are too far away. This increases the cost of processing and reduces quality of product and income. Studies have shown that returns to small-scale processing ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The strategy recognized cassava’s potential not only to meet food security needs, but also to provide an engine for rural industrial development and a source of higher incomes for producers, processors and traders25. If anything, growth in cassava production is likely to accelerate over the current decade. Once seen as... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
The percentage of cassava processed and marketed also seems to be growing; US$32.2 million worth of cassava was sold by 16 percent of cassava growing households who sold the crop, compared to US$41.4 million earned by 55 percent of maize growing households who sold the maize further emphasize the high commercial value ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The cultivars now being grown by farmers are conserved at the major research institutes with a mandate for cassava: NRCRI Umudike, Umuahia and IITA at Ibadan. Both institutions through their substations and in collaboration with NSS-CMP, ADPs and other units, of the Ministry of Agriculture located in many states in the... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
It is important that any future interventions including research and extension should not only include a monitoring component, but also an evaluation component to track progress, identify implementation problems and assess impact. 5.7.1 Constraints to further development of cassava lack of planting material (or effecti... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
In many parts of Africa, cassava is grown with a wide range of other crops, either in a regular pattern or an irregular mixture of various crops that are continuously harvested and replanted as space becomes available. In West Africa, farmers often plant from 5 to 10 cassava stakes along the edge of large mounds, and p... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
In Benue (Middle Belt), the vast majority of farmers (86 percent) was aware of improved varieties and half of these (45 percent) had to some extent adopted them. The adoption of improved cultural practices was moderate-to-low, moderate in cases where purchased inputs were not required (e.g. planting time, spacing, weed... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Source: Annex Table 2.7 * Full treatment= 26 kg/ha P + 25 tonnes/ha farmyard manure and cowpea, India (‘000 Rs/ha) | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
A 1995 survey of 1 268 cells in the southern Guinea savanna (covering Abuja Federal Capital Territory, as well as Benue, Kogi, Niger, Plateau and Kwara Sates) showed yam to be the dominant crop followed by sorghum, maize, rice, cassava, etc. However, cassava was the number one crop that was expanding in 43 percent of t... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
By this approach, new resistant varieties can be bred in anticipation of future pests and disease Data collection for compilation of statistics for cassava is not adequate for evaluating the impact of new varieties and technologies for the guidance of policy formulation, there is a need for a strong monitoring and eval... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Products that have the potential to provide small-scale processors with improved market outlets include flour, starch and to a less extent, cassava chips for the animal feed industry. IITA has begun a pilot programme with groups of women cassava processors in Ovo State to assist them to produce high quality cassava flo... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Operations are carried out on a very small-scale and the areas of manufacture may be unorganized and scattered. The processing procedures are labour intensive and time consuming and mostly carried out manually. Operations are not adequately mechanized because processors cannot afford equipment and do not have access to... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Ms Nada Dwomoh of the Department of Crop Services, MOFA, Accra, is also It is hoped that the Ghana Cassava Case Study would contribute immensely to the Global Cassava Development Strategy initiated by IF AD. Director of Crop Services Ministry of Food and Agriculture 2 TERMS OF REFERENCE The terms of reference (TOR) of ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Wider usage of roots and improved post-harvest interventions will be needed for better income to accrue to producers and processors as well as transporters and marketers. Specific main aspects of recommendation are outlined by subtitles below: Cultivars: The use of existing and new cultivars should be made popular thro... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Smallholder producers in Brazil, India and Thailand have been highly successful in commercial production, obtaining yields of between 25 and 40 tonnes per ha, through more intensive farming. Although current African yields are less than half the global potential yield, root harvests of up to 40 tonnes have been obtaine... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
Chapter 2: Farming Systems 31 intercropping cassava results in generally lower root yields, but enough cattle fodder to produce cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) and sword beans (Canavalia gladiata) at the same time as cassava, over a period of four years, resulted in lower yields than when cassava was grown alone. However,... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
The villages with declining production trend were mostly located in the non-humid climate zone. Where soil fertility is low in this zone with short rainfall duration, farmers with a limited supply of fertilizer would prefer to grow short duration crops such as millet or sorghum. Reasons adduced for the increasing trend... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
Storage of gari in special sacks that will prolong shelf life is also needed to preserve the output. More research is needed to develop appropriate post-harvest technologies that are costeffective, easy to fabricate at roadside mechanical workshops, have appropriate designs and are easy too operate and maintain at the ... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
The technologies being promoted in the cropping mixtures are spacing and crop geometry, planting date and others, some of which are complicated and rarely adopted. During the rapid rural appraisal survey of the Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa (COSCA), the farmer group respondents were asked to indicate the rel... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
They also recognize that they lack the basic business management and to mange their business operations, both the agroprocessing and WIA staff understand the need to cooperate closely and clarify their different roles to ensure that appropriate equipment goes to the most needy people and women are trained in the skills... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
These observations imply that improvement in market access infrastructure and the participation of middlepersons in marketing cassava resulted in cassava production growth. 4.3 RESOURCE BASE OF THE FARMERS | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
But cassava’s importance in agriculture has changed dramatically. Between 1980 and 2011, the global harvested area of cassava expanded by 44 percent, from 13.6 million to 19.6 million hectares, which was the biggest percentage increase among the world’s five major food crops. In that same period, world cassava producti... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
Various agencies are already working with the traditional processors to improve on the equipment, for processing cassava into gari, dough and flour. These agencies should be identified and supported; commercial production of cassava chips calls for processing equipment that has high efficiency. Mechanization of a chipp... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
investment in cassava research or development, including production, processing and marketing of the crop; investment in infrastructure and services to promote rural development and/or the development of the crop both in service infrastructure (roads, storage facilities, etc.) and processing infrastructure. 2. An analy... | fao_cassava_nigeria_development | cassava,cowpea,maize | practice,disease,tips |
A study by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in the 1990s estimated conservatively that – with improved crop and soil management, and the use of higher yielding varieties more resistant to drought, pests and diseases – cassava could produce an average of 23.2 tonnes of roots per ha. On the curren... | fao_cassava_save_and_grow | cassava | disease,practice,pest |
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