{"id":13247,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/tanzania-to-improve-cassava-in-africa-with-nextgen-cassava-project\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:40:09","slug":"tanzania-to-improve-cassava-in-africa-with-nextgen-cassava-project","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/tanzania-to-improve-cassava-in-africa-with-nextgen-cassava-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania to improve cassava in Africa with NextGen Cassava project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tanzania recently became a partner of the Next Generation Cassava Breeding project (NextGen), joining Nigeria  and Ug anda in the global effort to improve cassava breeding in Africa. This partnership is expected to enhance the project\u2019s efforts to improve livelihoods for African cassava farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_13123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13123\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/499_TanzaniaTeam.cassava.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13123\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/499_TanzaniaTeam.cassava-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Members of the Next Generation Cassava Breeding team visit cassava trials at LZARDI in Tanzania.\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Next Generation Cassava Breeding team visit cassava trials at LZARDI in Tanzania.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPartnering with NextGen should help us develop tools to address biotic stresses like cassava brown streak disease, cassava mosaic disease,  and cassava green mite,  and improve cassava root yields that will serve to increase cassava production countrywide,\u201d said Heneriko Kulembeka, cassava breeder  and NextGen coordinator in Tanzania. \u201cThe NextGen project will assist in determining good parental lines for different traits of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTanzania has one of the foremost cassava breeding programs in Africa,\u201d said Chiedozie Egesi, NextGen manager of the Cornell University-led project. \u201cBecause Tanzania shares African cassava germplasm, they will benefit from the genomic predictions that NextGen has already developed, use of the NextGen Cassavabase database  and capacity for improved phenotyping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassava is a vital crop in Tanzania, second only to maize in volume produced. More than 80 percent of farmers in the country grow cassava, producing about 4.5 million tons of cassava roots annually. About three-quarters of the crop is used for human consumption. The rest is used for livestock feed  and industrial purposes. A widely preferred  and hardy staple, cassava is often stored in the ground  and locally processed as a source of food in times of famine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassava farmers face many challenges raising their crop. Tanzania loses an estimated 2.5 million tons each year to cassava brown streak disease, cassava mosaic disease,  and cassava green mite. There is poor access to improved planting materials  and processing technologies, limited use of fertilizers  and herbicides,  and low investment in cassava research  and improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To address these challenges, researchers in Tanzania\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,  and Fisheries (DRD) will collaborate with scientists on the NextGen project largely through ongoing efforts at the Lake Zone Agricultural Research  and Development Institute (LZARDI), the oldest agricultural research station in Tanzania. LZARDI scientists are well prepared to contribute to the efforts of NextGen partners through cassava-related research that includes breeding  and improvement, molecular marker-assisted breeding for disease resistance, processing  and product development,  and agronomy studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NextGen Tanzania team consists of Kulembeka; Kiddo Mtunda, cassava breeder  and coordinator (coastal Tanzania); Geoffrey Mkamilo, national team leader of the Cassava Research Program in Tanzania; Kasele Salum, assistant cassava breeder (Lake Zone);  and Caroline Sichwale, assistant cassava breeder (Eastern Zone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NextGen is a global partnership led by International Programs in the College of Agriculture  and Life Sciences at Cornell University, in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture  and National Root Crops Research Institute breeding centers in Nigeria, the National Crops Resources 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