IITA through PROSSIVA and Ministry of Agriculture moves to reposition yam in Nigeria Nigeria’s dominance in global yam production may soon translate into economic leadership, following a decisive National Yam Advocacy Summit convened by IITA–CGIAR under the PROSSIVA program in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture
Stakeholders in Ghana engage on yam and banana seed system roadmaps The Program for Seed System Innovation for Vegetatively Propagated Crops in Africa (PROSSIVA) aims to support agricultural development by conducting innovative research to make the seed systems of banana, cassava, sweet potato, and yam
The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has commenced a project to boost yam production through the adoption of vegetatively propagated seed systems. Vegetatively propagated seed systems involve plant reproduction that use leaves, roots and stems
Team of scientists from International Potato Center (CIP)- Tanzania, CIP Uganda, CIP Nairobi, CIP Lima and NARO Uganda on Friday May 5, 2023 visited TARI Ukiriguru. The purpose of the visit was to share experience on sweet potato seed multiplication technologies. Currently TARI Ukiriguru