International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, have developed and released the first ever African set of pro-vitamin A-enriched yellow cassava as part of strategies to curb the prevalence of malnutrition in the country.
The three varieties which include UMUCASS 36, UMUCASS 37 and 38 will provide more vitamin A in the diets of more than 70 million Nigerians who eat the root crop every day.
Cassava is one of the major crops under Jonathan-Fedral Government Transformation Agenda.
Congrats! Nigerian scientist, I think its another brilliant piece of work has done by Nigerian scientist, also great exposed of science. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYeah! atlast a good news coming out of Nigeria. 3 gbosaaa!
ReplyDeleteLeave the poor cassava alone. Do not mess with nature, it does not work. The west has made a mess of the food chain already. Enough is enough!
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