{"id":16856,"date":"2026-06-20T12:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/three-liberian-journals-feature-iitas-work-on-cassava\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:36:00","slug":"three-liberian-journals-feature-iitas-work-on-cassava","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/three-liberian-journals-feature-iitas-work-on-cassava\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Liberian journals feature IITA\u2019s work on cassava"},"content":{"rendered":"Three Liberian journals recently reported how a series of training using IITA\u2019s improved cassava varieties has empowered and is now helping farmers fight poverty and malnutrition in the country.\n\nThe journals\u2014<em>Rem Republic, Monday Daily,<\/em>\u00a0et\u00a0<em>Women Voices<\/em>\u00a0reported that two separate training benefited 122 farmers and 500 farmers, respectively, in four districts in Grand Bassa County and Kakata, Margibi County.\n<div id=\"attachment_2144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Picture-54657.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2144\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Picture-54657.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Cassava roots\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2144\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassava roots.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nDuring the training, which were facilitated by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/edet-michael\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Edet<\/a>, IITA\u2019s Cassava Extension Agronomist, the beneficiaries received free stem cuttings of 16 improved cassava varieties and also learned about the common pests and diseases of the crop. Edet also helped to assess and observe the cassava varieties on the fields of the local farmers in Kakata.\n\nHe urged Liberians to be more engaged in agriculture, saying that if the people could devote more time to agriculture, their livelihoods would improve tremendously.\n\n\u201cThis training will add value to cassava production and improve livelihoods of farmers and processors in the country. We encourage farmers here to develop an interest in agriculture to improve your income, which will ultimately reduce the poverty rate in the country,\u201d Edet stressed.\n\nParticipants interacted and exchanged ideas on the techniques used in planting the different varieties of cassava they had received.\n\nLorpu Gizzi, a Liberian farmer, who spoke on behalf of the farmers, extolled the organizers of the training for the knowledge and experience shared and for the enormous benefits they have received. Gizzi noted that the training were coming at an appropriate time when farmers in the country were seeking help in recovering from the effects of the civil unrest that had previously affected the country.\n\n\u201cThis is a welcome initiative; the knowledge and experience gained is of great benefit to us and will help us improve our livelihoods; it will surely bring relief to Liberia. What we have gathered from this training will help bring relief to a poverty-stricken, post-war nation like Liberia,\u201d he said.\n\nThe training were conducted through an African Development Bank (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BAD<\/a>)-funded project at IITA\u2014Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Commercialization (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gafspfund.org\/gafspmapcountry\/lbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAPEC<\/a>), in conjunction with the Liberian Government.\n\nSAPEC has the mandate to engage local farmers in Liberia to enhance agriculture and increase food security in the country.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Liberian journals recently reported how a series of training using IITA\u2019s improved cassava varieties has empowered and is now helping farmers fight poverty and malnutrition in the 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