Tessy Ugo Madu

[Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC @MU_CCFI_Biotech]

Our Speaker @cegesi Project Director from @Cornell & @IITA_CGIAR sharing his views on partnership on #NextGen #Cassava project, use of cross-cutting biotechnology tools and success stories of several African NARS Cassava breeding programs through partnerships.#BorlaugDialogue

[NextGen Cassava @NextGenCassava]

"People that were not interested before, now see the improved varieties and ask me, please, put my name in for the next sessions" - Franca Diala, #cassava farmer at the NextGen Farmer panel, discussing her experience with the TRICOT selection process.
https://t.co/RwFtYfTY0l

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

The new @CGIAR book puts #GenderEquality & #WomenEmpowerment @ the center of agricultural development 👩‍🌾, marking a positive shift in #GenderInAg research. 👏

Read it here! https://t.co/6Lkskiufhy

@PIM_CGIAR @CGIARgender @IDRC_CRDI @r_pyburn @100KIT #OpenAccess #OneCGIAR

[Béla Teeken @BelaTeeken]

Rural youth in southern Nigeria: Fractured lives and ambitious futures - Barbara Crossouard, Mairead Dunne, Carolina Szyp, Tessy Madu, Béla Teeken, 2021
@CGIAR @CGIARgender @IITA_CGIAR @nrcri_umudike @SussexUni @IFAD @IDS_UK https://t.co/tYVDr5Lsu6

[Tessy Ugo Madu @tessy_ugo]

@ndidiNwuneli Congratulations Ma.

[NRCRI UMUDIKE @nrcri_umudike]

The National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike holds her 2021 Annual Research Review Workshop with the theme: INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY OF ROOT AND TUBER CROPS THROUGH DEMAND DRIVEN RESEARCH".
Date: 16th and 17th March, 2021
@NASC_NG @FmardNg @IITA_CGIAR
#NRCRIInhouseReview2021

[Sheetal Sharma @sheetal_irri]

Join our journey in science. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, participate in global conversation with @CGIAR women scientists creating solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. Visit https://t.co/qDIJ31G3Ov to register. @irri

[James Legg @jamesplegg]

🌿🇳🇬 Cassava Biz NG 🇳🇬🌿

@iitagoseedltd and Umudike Seeds are Scaling up commercial #cassava seed production in #Nigeria. In 2021 GoSeed already have orders for 200,000 bundles, working together with outgrowers in 11 states. All aiming to boost the cassava sub-sector in Nigeria

[James Legg @jamesplegg]

🌿🇹🇿 Cassava Business Tz 🇹🇿🌱

Did you know that there are now 486 #cassava seed entrepreneurs (CSEs) in #Tanzania. In 2020 they sold nearly 12 millions stems & made higher profits than ever. In the new group of 120 CSEs, 55% are women. Changing cassava in Tz forever @IITA_CGIAR

[NextGen Cassava @NextGenCassava]

“The foundation of a solid crop value chain is based on best-bet varieties,” says Nigeria’s @FmardNg Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development @NanonoSabo

Discover how NextGen Cassava varieties impact farmers in #Nigeria: https://t.co/0UYAqtB1oG

[NextGen Cassava @NextGenCassava]

Big news in #Nigeria: Five next generation #cassava varieties just approved for release will deliver promising options for smallholder farmers in resisting cassava diseases and marketing their crops to consumers.

Discover more: https://t.co/veC5hPB0WM

[NRCRI UMUDIKE @nrcri_umudike]

https://t.co/5nbJijXctJ

@CassavaMatters @medadotorg @sahelconsulting @FmardNg @iitagoseedltd @NASC_NG @gatesfoundation @cegesi @umudike_seeds

[NextGen Cassava @NextGenCassava]

The newest #cassava varieties are tailored to specific needs and market niches for the world’s largest producer of cassava. Discover how these new varieties deliver promising options for smallholder farmers in #Nigeria

🟢 https://t.co/0UYAqtB1oG

[NRCRI UMUDIKE @nrcri_umudike]

Outstanding presentation by Dr Joy Adiele during today's International Webinar on “Harnessing the Potential of Tropical Tuber Crops under Changing Climate”. She gave detailed lecture on "Modelling Cassava Nutrient Demand and Uptake under West African Growing Conditions"#HPTTC2020

[NRCRI UMUDIKE @nrcri_umudike]

Routine exercise by the Head of #Tissue Culture Unit, Dr Ihuoma Okwuonu and her team at the #Genetic Transformation laboratory, Biotechnology Programme, NRCRI Umudike.
@sahelconsulting @cegesi @IITA_CGIAR @sahelconsulting @CassavaPlus @gatesfoundation @FmardNg @DanforthCenter

[NRCRI UMUDIKE @nrcri_umudike]

Shout out to all the indomitable #rural women who play amazing roles toward ensuring #foodsecurity in Nigeria.
Congratulations to you all on this great stride.
Do not rest on your oars and keep soaring!
You are simply awesome
@gatesfoundation

#InternationalDayOfRuralWomen2020

[NRCRI UMUDIKE @nrcri_umudike]

The BASICS-II Project Manager-Prof Sanni Lateef paid a 2-day fact finding visit to @nrcri_umudike to monitor BASICS-II Project activities.
@easylateef @cegesi @FmardNg @NASC_NG @iitagoseedltd @IITA_CGIAR @umudike_seeds @sahelconsulting

#CassavaBASICS #CassavaSeed #Cassava

[NRCRI UMUDIKE @nrcri_umudike]

The ED @nrcri_umudike Prof Ukpabi lauds the activities of @umudike_seeds, A company after his own heart, driving his most cherished vision of Cassava industrialization in Nigeria during a courtesy visit by BASICS-II Project Manager- Prof Lateef Sanni
#CassavaBASICS #CassavaSeed