{"id":15085,"date":"2026-06-20T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/giz-giae-and-iita-target-job-creation-and-increased-maize-and-cassava-productivity-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:16:28","slug":"giz-giae-and-iita-target-job-creation-and-increased-maize-and-cassava-productivity-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/giz-giae-and-iita-target-job-creation-and-increased-maize-and-cassava-productivity-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"GIZ\u2013GIAE and IITA target job creation and increased maize and cassava productivity in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"The Green Innovation Centre for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) \u2013 Nigeria is launching an 18-month project to boost maize and cassava production and create jobs for youth and women in the value chains. The Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) implements GIAE on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0will be implementing the new project in four states\u2014Kaduna and Kano for maize and Ogun and Oyo for the cassava value chain.\n\nThe project will train smallholder farmers on productivity and farm safety technologies. It will also create employment opportunities for women and youth by establishing commercial seed enterprises for retailing disease-free improved stems, marketing of Aflasafe and the Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags\u2014a simple, cost-effective, and non-chemical agricultural storage bag.\n<div id=\"attachment_7888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GIZ1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7888\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GIZ1.jpg\" alt=\"GIZ\u2013GIAE and IITA target job creation and increased maize and cassava productivity in Nigeria\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7888\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 18-month GIAE project will boost maize and cassava production in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nAccording to the Project Manager,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/atser-godwin\/\">Godwin Atser<\/a>, the grant addresses three major activity areas: (I) integrated pest management (IPM) with a particular focus on tackling the presence of the invasive arthropod pest, Fall Army Worm (FAW); (II) aflatoxin and food safety with a particular focus on training female maize growers, household caregivers, and other actors on food safety and pre-\/post-harvest management; and (III) building a cassava seed system where farmers will be involved in the production and sale of quality cassava stems to generate additional income.\n\nThe grant will also train farmers and extension agents in modern maize and cassava production using digital solutions on good agricultural practices (GAP),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cassavamatters.org\/bfd_download\/six-steps-to-cassava-weed-management-and-best-planting-practices\/\">Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices<\/a>, and other IITA digital tools like the herbicide calculator,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.akilimo.org\/\">AKILIMO<\/a>, Seed Tracker, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cassavamatters.org\/e-market\/\">cassava e-market<\/a>.\n\nSanne Chipeta, Head of Project, Green Innovation Center for the Agriculture and Food Sector\u2014Nigeria, GIZ, noted that the collaboration with IITA would help improve productivity and food safety in the value chains, contributing to food and nutritional security. In addition, the individual activities will help to create new employment and livelihood opportunities, especially for young men and women. She expressed optimism that the collaboration with IITA would add value and produce positive results in the maize and cassava value chain.\n\nTo execute the project in the target states, IITA, as well as previous projects implemented by GIZ in the target states, will leverage the knowledge generated by previous and ongoing projects such as the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation-funded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cassavamatters.org\/basics-ii\/\">Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II)<\/a><u>.<\/u>\u00a0Other projects that will serve as knowledge banks include AgResults Aflasafe,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/acai-project.org\/\">African Cassava agronomy Initiative (ACAI)<\/a>, IFAD-Zero Hunger Project, Youth in Agribusiness Projects, TAAT Programs, and ongoing State and Federal Government-funded agricultural programs, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-Anchor Borrowers Program, being implemented by several state governments for various value chains.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Innovation Centre for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) \u2013 Nigeria is launching an 18-month project to boost maize and cassava production and create jobs for youth and women in the value chains.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15086,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[1162],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-15085","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cassavafarm-employmentiita-news-no-2588maize","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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