Cassava is a major crop grown in the tropics and it grows even in poor soils with inadequate
rainfall. The starchy roots of cassava are major source of food for many rural and urban
people in Cameroon.The crop is produced all over the country and is widely consumed in
many forms such as garri and water fufu.
We train farmers to use rapid multiplication techniques developed by the research work of
our partner organization, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to overcome
the problem of low multiplication ratio in the vegetative propagation of cassava. This is
beneficial for germplasm evaluation, germplasm distribution and seed multiplication.
We have received improved and high yielding varieties of cassava from IITA, which we
multiply together with farmers and plant in their farms. These high yielding varieties have led
to an upsurge in the quantity of cassava produced that is pushing the farmers to engage into
transformation so as to add value and increase the variety of cassava products.