Consumers laud value added cassava products in Sierra Leone
In their contributions to the Smallholders Commercialization Program (SCP) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS), the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have constructed and equipped 11 cassava processing factories for Famer Based Organizations groups in the eastern, southern and northern provinces of Sierra Leone. Dr. Braima James, IITA Representative in Sierra Leone said that with additional support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) through ...
Read More»Training of Trainers workshop on cassava value chain Innovation Platform
The SARD-SC cassava value chain team in Tanzania will conduct a Training of Trainers/actors workshop for establishing Innovation Platform for the cassava value chain in the country. The event will take place from 15 -16 July 2014, at Cheyo Hotel, Kibondo district Kigoma, Tanzania. Expected participants are farmers, marketers, cassava traders, processors, NGOs involved in the dissemination of cassava awareness programs, government ooficials, researchers and other participants working to ensure cassava becomes a cash crop in the country. Between 40 and 45 ...
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