UPoCA secures market for Nigerian cassava farmers
Cassava growers in the Niger state of Nigeria participating in IITA’s “Unleashing the power of cassava in response to the food price crisis in Africa” (UPoCA) project have been assured of a market for their produce with the signing of an agreement between the farmers and a commodity trader who will guarantee purchase of their crops for the next one year at an agreed farm gate price. The deal aims to ease the negative effect of cyclical glut and price fluctuations in the cassava production chain.





