{"id":16161,"date":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/taat-holds-inception-workshop-with-business-innovation-facility\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:58:23","slug":"taat-holds-inception-workshop-with-business-innovation-facility","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/taat-holds-inception-workshop-with-business-innovation-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"TAAT holds inception workshop with Business Innovation Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"Le\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/technologies-for-african-agricultural-transformation-taat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technologies pour la transformation de l'agriculture en Afrique<\/a>\u00a0(TAAT) held its inception workshop at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0Conference Center on 9 July. The workshop, organized in conjunction with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bifprogramme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Innovation Facility<\/a>\u00a0(BIF), aimed to address the scaling up of production and supply of High Quality Cassava Peel (HQCP) mash as a key ingredient in the production of livestock feed in Nigeria.\n<div id=\"attachment_3812\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Participants-at-the-TAAT-inception-workshop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3812\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-at-the-TAAT-inception-workshop-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Participants at the TAAT inception workshop.\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3812\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants at the TAAT inception workshop.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe workshop included discussions on ways to increase awareness among smallholder farmers, cassava processors, and end users on the extensive potential of using cassava peel. The intensive use of advocacy was encouraged along with other promotional methods including a strategy to promote cassava peel as a cost-effective alternative to maize as a source of energy for livestock feed.\n\nAnother important point was the promotion of independent small agri-business entrepreneurs deploying commercially sustainable models linking sellers with buyers of cassava peel grits. Identifying and tackling constraints in scaling up the incorporation of cassava peel grits in livestock feed was also discussed as\u00a0 crucial to the achievement of the TAAT objectives.\n\nThe workshop was multifaceted comprising multiple TAAT value chain compacts\u00a0 as stakeholders from the poultry industry, feed industry, fabricators, government representatives, poultry farmers\u2019 association, catfish farmers, garri processors, and academia were present.\n\nSpeaking at the workshop, Nigeria Country Representative of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilri.org\/\">Institut international de recherche sur l'\u00e9levage<\/a>\u00a0(ILRI),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilri.org\/users\/tamole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Tunde Amole<\/a>\u00a0said cassava peels are a major environmental pollutant and investing in this transformative technology not only provides feed for poultry, pig, cat fish, etc., but also creates more wealth for farmers and helps in waste management.\n\nVarious presentations were made on the results of several trials and participants discussed other possibilities for wider use of HQCP mash as well as relevant issues and opportunities related to the technology. The workshop was concluded with an overview of a workplan to improve livestock productivity using this alternative feed resource.\n\nBIF is a five-year (2014\u20122019), DFID-funded market systems development program that aims to improve the lives of the poor in Malawi, Myanmar, and Nigeria.\n\nBIF works to identify and address constraints in selected markets, providing technical assistance (and some grant funding) to businesses and other market players.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) held its inception workshop at the IITA Conference Center on 9 July.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16162,"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":[1678],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[196],"class_list":["post-16161","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-business-innovation-facilityiita-news-no-2444taattechnologies-for-african-agricultural-transformation","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-196"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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