Thomson Reuters Foundation: Alarm growing as cassava blight spreads to West Africa
16 May 2013
So far, according to James Legg, a plant virologist at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), new countries such as Angola, Gabon and Central African Republic have been hit by the virus. Legg has done extensive research on the disease and its causes in East Africa. Read more.
Africa Science News: Obasanjo shares cassava bread with Kikwete
16 May 2013
The inclusion of cassava flour in bread received continental attention in Tanzania with the Goodwill Ambassador for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), former Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency, Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete, eating bread baked with 40 percent cassava flour. Read more.
Diamond Radio: African leaders promote bread baked with 40% cassava flour
16 May 2013
Former Tanzanian President, Benjamin Mkapa also ate the bread for the first time.President Kikwete, after inaugurating the IITA Science Building in Dar es Salaam, commended IITA for the bread technology, saying that the bread had an ‘excellent’ taste. Read more.
Premium Times: Obasanjo exports cassava bread to Tanzania
15 May 2013
Mr. Obasanjo, a goodwill ambassador for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, recently took the bread to Tanzania where he publicly munched the bread with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete. Read more.
Modern Ghana: IITA Goodwill Ambassador, former President Olusegun Obasanjo shares 40% cassava bread with African leaders
15 May 2013
The inclusion of cassava flour in bread received continental attention in Tanzania with the Goodwill Ambassador for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), former Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency, Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete, eating bread baked with 40 percent cassava flour. Read more.
