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BASICS – Project overview

We all know Cassava is important in Nigeria

How well are we doing?

Target 20 tons per hectare

30%

30%

30%

10%

IMPROVED

SEEDS

WEED

MANAGEMENT

IMPROVED

AGRONOMY

WEATHER AND

MISC

7 m ha = 140 m tons

30% of the additional 86 MT or 26 m tons can come from improved seeds adoption alone

@10,000 Naira per ton, this is a 260 Billion Naira opportunity, purely from seed system intervention

Who can drive this opportunity?

FARMERS INDUSTRY RESEARCH NASC

An historic opportunity is here!

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Let us see a video

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scientific

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as to why

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Let us see another video

What do we make of this?

ALONE – 9.63

IN COLLABORATION – 9.35 (9.62)

Where all does the baton pass in cassava seed system?

RESEARCHER

EXTENSION

SEED

PRODUCERS

VARIETY

RELEASE

FARMERS

PROCESSORS

CONSUMERS

NASC

How can NASC drive this?

MATURITY OF THE MARKET

BARKBARK

&BITE

BITE

BUILD WORLD CLASS CAPACITY AT NASC

What is the project trying to do?

Five components of the project

Center of Excellence

• CoE for Vision• CoE for Passion• CoE for Capacity• CoE for Infrastructure• CoE for Results

TOGETHER WE TRANSFORM NIGERIA

The purpose the BASICS project is to develop a

sustainable cassava seed value chain in Nigeria,

characterized by the commercial production and

dissemination of cassava planting material. The project

envisages benefits to farmers and the industry through

higher returns from the use of clean planting material of

superior stem quality that are made accessible to

farmers at the right time and at an appropriate price.

THANK YOU