{"id":17118,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/cassava-mechanization-workshop-at-iita-ibadan\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:05:25","slug":"cassava-mechanization-workshop-at-iita-ibadan","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/cassava-mechanization-workshop-at-iita-ibadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassava mechanization workshop at IITA-Ibadan"},"content":{"rendered":"The need to improve the production process of cassava farming systems in Africa through improved methods brought together key stakeholders from several countries last week to IITA- Ibadan. The two-day workshop, which took place following a mechanization workshop organized by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF<\/a>) in Abeokuta, was aimed at integrating important elements that will ensure an efficient system for the successful modernization of cassava production in Africa.\n
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Cassava Breeder Peter Kulakow making a presentation during one of the sessions.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe possibility of increasing the current production rate in Africa is hinged on several factors such as the use of improved varieties, the adoption of best agronomic practices, and efficient weed control. With Africa\u2019s exploding population, there is an increasing need to explore ways to feed the continent by 2050.\n\nThe workshop themed \u201cIntegrated System for Effective Cassava Production in Africa,\u201d took place 27-28 October, and was targeted to sensitize policy makers, developers, bankers, and scientists on ways to proactively work towards increasing cassava productivity to 30 tons per hectare.\n\nIn his welcome address, the Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery,\u00a0Kenton Dashiell<\/a>, stated that the workshop would help Africa move the cassava revolution forward.\n\n\u201cThis workshop is a big thing, and the results will help us move forward to a cassava revolution in Africa,\u201d Dashiell said.\n\nClaude Fauquet, Director of the Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st century (GCP21<\/a>) and the organizer of the workshop, disclosed that the workshop will collect more information on mechanization adoption by cassava farmers and set the pace for the creation of a linkage that will make farmers more productive.\n\n\u201cCassava is the first food crop in sub-Saharan countries, so we hope to increase cassava production to feed the exploding population of Africa by 2050. This convergence is driven by the need to ensure that farmers have access to mechanization. Experts discussed issues on crop breeding, agronomy, and cooperatives and will collect more information on mechanization adoption by farmers. This information, we believe, will lead us to develop strategies that will make farmers more efficient, have access to credit, and sell their products profitably.\u201d\n\nThe CEO of Thai Farms, Louw Burger, during a discussion, session stated that cassava growing industries are not delivering enough cassava roots for the processing industries, and emphasized that cassava tubers should be grown and supplied to the processors to be able to feed Nigeria. He added that, \u201cCassava is a crucial crop, which has been sustaining Nigeria, but processors are not getting adequate roots. We need to get adequate roots, the growing industries should grow enough cassava, and supply to the processors so we can feed Nigeria.\u201d\n\nSpeaking on effective farmer cooperatives, Abu Umaru, a representative from AATF, challenged individual farmers to form cooperatives, so as to take full advantage of the opportunities available in the cassava value chain. \u201cIndividual farmers face challenges in terms of access to finance; the way out is to form cooperatives which will allow financial institutions to give credit facilities, which will facilitate access to modern mechanization tools,\u201d Umaru stated.\n\nThe Managing Director of Context Global Development, Mark Nelson, whose organization has a passion to advance agriculture worldwide, and to take technology from institutes like IITA and the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI Umudike<\/a>) to farmers, pointed out the need for coordinated development along the cassava value chain, and strengthening the linkages among stakeholders. \u201cContext has a passion to advance agriculture globally. We were brought to Nigeria through the\u00a0Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates<\/a>, to take technology from IITA and NRCRI to the farmers.\u201d\n\nAlfred Dixon, Project Leader for the Cassava Weed Management Project, emphasized the need to invest in cassava as this would help Nigeria to tackle the problems of hunger, poverty, and youth unemployment.\n\nThe workshop in Ibadan attracted participants from the private sector, development partners such as the Gates Foundation and\u00a0FIDA<\/a>, and farmer organizations.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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