Na Dkt. Eliud Kireger Kuboresha usalama wa chakula nchini kunahitaji mbinu kamili, pamoja na kuangalia vyakula vingine vikuu zaidi ya mahindi, mchele na ngano. Muhogo, zao kuu la tano ulimwenguni ni zao zuri mbadala. Licha ya umuhimu wake kama zao kuu katika usalama wa chakula, linaweza pia kutoa maelefu ya kazi kando ya msururu wa…
A new study led by Danforth Center principal investigator Nigel Taylor and research scientist Narayanan Narayanan, demonstrated that it is possible to raise the iron and zinc content of cassava roots while maintaining yield and other plant characteristics that are important to farmers and consumers. With the help of Ihuoma Okwuonu of the National Root…
By Lominda Afedraru; Alliance for Science; October 23, 2018 Ugandan scientists are accelerating their outreach to lawmakers to make them aware of improved crops like disease-resistant cassava, which farmers cannot grow until the nation adopts a biosafety law. Cassava, a staple food crop for residents of Eastern and Northern Uganda, has been plagued by cassava…
Oluseyi Taiwo-Oguntuase – August 10, 2018 WAVE Sensitizes Farmers On Controlling Emerging Cassava Virus West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) for root and tuber crops, Covenant University Hub, a programme funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), USA and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DFID) UK has advised cassava farmers to…
