Mercy Diebiru-Ojo's ambitions are straightforward—increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500%, fight hunger and raise her country's position on the agricultural value chain from a mere grower to ...

Whiteflies, particularly the African cassava whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, SSA1-SG1), pose a significant threat to agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa by transmitting viruses that cause ...

Oluyemisi Iranloye is proving that Nigeria's most abundant crop is not just food. It is the foundation of an industrial ...

Cassava is Nigeria’s second most important staple crop, involving over 300,000 stakeholders, primarily smallholder farmers. Despite its vast commercial potential, the market remains underdeveloped and ...

Daniel Danino is the CEO and founder of Volta Metals, an international group focused on energy, industry and trading in EMEA. Africa is a continent rich in natural resources, including fertile soil ...

Nigerian Breweries Plc, one of Nigeria's leading brewing companies, Psaltry International Company Limited, a Nigerian cassava processing company and, the International Fertilizer Development Centre, ...

(A) The location of the bacteriocytes in the abdomen of the whitefly and (B) Dissected gut (translucent tube-like organ) and bacteriocyte (yellow cells) harboring the primary endosymbiont. Whiteflies, ...

Nairobi, Kenya (18 October, 2007)—A meeting of Africa’s leading cassava breeders zeroed in on actions needed to stop the rapid spread of cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). The resurgent crop disease ...

Nigerian agronomist Mercy Diebiru-Ojo has big plans for her country’s agricultural production – Copyright AFP OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT Mercy Diebiru-Ojo’s ambitions ...