Agriculture

Cassava Technologies to build Africa’s first AI factory with NVIDIA-powered supercomputers

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 25 March 2025 0

BY MOTOLANI OSENI Cassava Technologies has unveiled plans to establish Africa’s first AI factory, a cutting-edge data centre powered by NVIDIA’s advanced AI computing technology. This groundbreaking facility will provide African businesses, governments, and researchers with high-performance AI

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Homegrown cassava: Solution to rising garri prices

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 21 July 2024 0

By Temitope Adebayo With the prices of cassava flakes popularly called ‘GarriMOTOLANI ‘ and other cassava foods rising in Nigeria, many families are looking for a simple solution: growing cassava in their backyards. Planting it at home can help reduce costs and ensure a steady supply. Cassava, a staple food crop in Nigeria, has seen […]

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Homegrown Cassava: A solution to rising Garri prices, other cassava foods

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 14 July 2024 0

By Temitope Adebayo With the prices of cassava flakes popularly called ‘Garri’ and other cassava foods rising in Nigeria, many families are looking for a simple solution: growing cassava in their backyards. Planting it at home can help reduce costs and ensure a steady supply. Cassava, a staple food crop in Nigeria, has seen price […]

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FG declares Nigeria as largest producer of Cassava in the World

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2021 0

The Nigeria government has disclosed that the country is now the leading producer of cassava in the world. Mrs Karima Babangida, Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Abuja, made the disclosure at a workshop on cassava production organised by the ministry. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop tagged “Capacity Building of Farmers […]

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Senate probes unaccounted N11m Nkalagu cassava processing plant

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2020 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Senate Committee on Science and Technology has constituted an Ad-hoc Committe to probe a sum of N11 million unaccounted for in the budgetary provision the procurement of an Integrated Cassava Processing Plant in Nkalagu, Ebonyi state, Daily Times gathered. The ad – hoc committee is saddled with the task of determining what […]

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Food security: Expert urges Nigerians To prioritise cassava production

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

Expert has urged Nigerians to accord cassava cultivation greater attention to boost for production. The expert at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), who said this would reduce poverty and enhance food security. The centre’s Regional Director, Dr Debisi Araba, gave the advice in Abuja on Monday. Araba said that aside that cassava had […]

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Agriculture set to revolutionise African economy- Report

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

With a huge potential in agricultural resources, including food and export crops such as cassava, coco yam; cocoa, palm oil, cashew, among others, Africa’s future will depend on how it harnesses those potential for future development. With a focus on SMEs and smallholder farmers creating the high productivity jobs and sustainable economic growth that failed […]