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Twenty African countries to benefit from maize, cassava, wheat, and maize intervention
Nigeria and 19 other African countries will directly benefit from the African Development Bank- funded initiative known as the Support for Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC), but the multiplier effect of the project is expected to affect other regional member countries in the continent. Direct beneficiaries of the intervention include Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. “But the project will have ...
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Researchers begin activities to make cassava work for the poor
Researchers and key partners working under the Support for Agricultural Research and Development for Strategic Crops (SARD-SC) have kicked off activities to improve the productivity of cassava by at least 20 percent in project sites, increase household incomes and food security, and make the root crop work for the poor. Four countries— DR Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia— are the main beneficiaries of the cassava component but the project allows neighboring countries to tap from technologies that would be generated. “About ...
Read More»Researchers and partners launch SARD-SC maize component
Researchers and partners working under the Support for Agricultural Research for Development for Strategic Crops (SARD-SC) have launched the maize commodity component in Nigeria. The cassava component was launched in DR Congo last week. Declaring the event open, Dr Ylva Hillbur, Deputy Director General for Research urged participants to think differently and do things differently to create impact. Funded by the African Development Bank, the SARD-SC is a 5-year, multi-CGIAR center initiative that aims to enhance the productivity and income derived from ...
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