ACAI project is partnering with eSOKO, a digital solutions company operating in the agricultural sector, to collect data on cassava farmers in Tanzania and profile them in order to develop and provide them with tailored information. eSOKO is an agricultural profiling and messaging service provider that empower rural populations and the organizations that work with them through information dissemination across sub-Saharan Africa.
ACAI In Tanzania Goes Virtual To Keep Going During Pandemic
African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) has started interacting with partners and farmers virtually in Tanzania because of covid-19. The project has taken steps to minimize the exposure to infection for both staff, partners and farmers. This is in respect to the guidelines by health officials in the country to avoid unnecessary contact and to keep a safe distance.
OYSCGA adopts new measures dissemination AKILIMO despite COVID -19
One of the ACAI project primary partners, Oyo State Cassava Growers Association (OYSCGA), has been forced to change their operational procedures to keep farm activities going despite on-going COVID – 19 pandemic. Some of the steps taken by OYSCGA includes
ACAI digital extension & advisory specialist joins Oyo team to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
The Digital Extension & Advisory Services Specialist, Godwin Atser has been appointed by the Oyo State government as a member of the Oyo State COVID-19 Food Security Emergency Task Force. This follows the nomination of Godwin by IITA. In this
ACAI to Deploy ‘Uptake and Use’ Survey to Track Adoption of AKILIMO by End-Users
As part of its monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system, the ACAI project has developed and piloted a survey tool called “use and uptake” tool. This tool will be used to monitor the extent to which targeted end-users adopt and
YARA Fertilizer and Kilimo Joint in new collaboration under ACAI to bring new partners to the project
Two ACAI project partners in Tanzania, YARA Fertilizers and
Kilimo Joint have struck a collaboration that will see them engage secondary
partners to scale and disseminate AKILIMO agronomy advice tools in the country.
The partnership has been developed after months of
discussion between representatives of the institutions and ACAI team consisting
of Fredrick Baijukya, ACAI project coordinator for Tanzania and Thompson
Ogunsanmi, the project scaling specialist.
Psaltry International Limited Integrate AKILIMO tools into their Operations
Psaltry International Limited (PIL) commences reviewing its operational plans to in order to integrate the use of AKILIMO agronomy advice tools. PIL, a primary partner in the ACAI project has been part of the AKILIMO research and development process since the inception of the project in 2016.
Spray Service Providers bask in euphoria overtraining on digital solutions in weed management and best planting practices
Nigerian Spray Service Providers (SSPs), most of whom are cassava farmers themselves, cannot stop basking in excitement over the new knowledge they are getting from the training on Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices Decision Support
ACAI official statement on Corona Virus to our stakeholders
When we started to implement the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative project plans for 2020, together with our partners we were very optimistic of the outcomes to be achieved in the course of the year. We believed that 2020 will be the crowning year for ACAI. For the past four years, ACAI has carried out research and developed agronomic recommendation tools. We proudly called it AKILIMO, ready to supply advice to cassava growers in Nigeria and Tanzania.
Access to AKILIMO Tools and Resources
AKILIMO offers a suite of decision support tools to provide advice on different aspects of cassava cultivation, identified by cassava value chain actors as the most important agronomic gaps to be filled to improve production and productivity of cassava.