{"id":15792,"date":"2026-06-20T12:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/nigerian-farmers-get-free-advisory-services-on-cassava-production-via-mobile-phone\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:46:46","slug":"nigerian-farmers-get-free-advisory-services-on-cassava-production-via-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/nigerian-farmers-get-free-advisory-services-on-cassava-production-via-mobile-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian farmers get free advisory services on cassava production via mobile phone"},"content":{"rendered":"Nigerian farmers can now access extension and advisory services related to weed control, best planting practices, and other aspects of cassava production on their cell phones free of charge, thanks to the\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/acai-project.org\/\">African Cassava Agronomy Initiative<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(ACAI).\n\nThe mobile telephony service is powered by\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/airtel.africa\/\">Airtel<\/a><\/u>\u00a0using the 3-2-1 Service of\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/viamo.io\/\">Viamo.<\/a><\/u>\u00a0Farmers with Airtel sim cards who want to access the service and get good advice on cassava production can simply dial 3-2-1 and listen to all the information they need to make the most out of cassava production.\n<div id=\"attachment_4808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmers with Airtel SIM cards can now listen to advisory services on cassava by dialing 3-2-1.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<u><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a><\/u>\u00a0Directeur ou Directrice du D\u00e9veloppement et de la Livraison,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/dixon-alfred\/\">Alfred Dixon<\/a><\/u>, said the use of mobile phones would give farmers, especially women, access to the knowledge they need to improve their livelihoods.\n\n\u201cThe mobile approach will also enable the recommendations contained on the \u2018Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices\u2019 to reach the hard-to-reach terrains in Nigeria,\u201d he added.\n\nThe cassava information on weed control and best planting practices on the 3-2-1 service are the combined recommendations from the now merged IITA Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP), and the IITA African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI).\n\nThe recommendations from these projects were validated during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting involving the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCI), Umudike and the two premier universities of agriculture in Abeokuta and Makurdi. State extension agencies from Abia, Benue, Ogun, and Oyo were also part of the initial message development. There were also development partners such as GIZ, Catholic Relief Services, and the Market Development in the Niger Delta project (MADE) who gave useful insights into the message development process.\n\nDr Pieter Pypers, ACAI Coordinator said the release of evidence-based messages on the 3-2-1 service provides farmers the tools they need to improve cassava yield and make more profits.\n\nHarriet Blest, Country Manager of Viamo said they were excited to work with IITA in the framework of ACAI to transform cassava in Nigeria using the 3-2-1 service of Airtel.\n\nWith a subscriber base of 43.1 million, Airtel is one of the top three telecommunication companies in Nigeria, according to data reported by Nigeria\u2019s leading newspaper, The Punch.\n\nGodwin Atser, Digital Extension &amp; Advisory Services Specialist with IITA who coordinated the messages with Viamo, said the development was a new dawn for cassava farmers.\n\n\u201cThis move will complement the extension work we are doing in Nigeria by offering farmers the information they need in real time\u201d, he added.\n\nIn the days ahead, IITA-ACAI and Viamo plan massive awareness so farmers can take advantage of the information on the 3-2-1 space to improve their livelihoods.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian farmers can now access extension and advisory services related to weed control, best planting practices, and other aspects of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"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":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[],"class_list":["post-15792","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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