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From left to right: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) UNAAB, Prof C Onwuka; C:AVA Project Manager, Dr Kolawole Adebayo; Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) UNAAB, Prof S Lagoke; C:AVA Project Director, Prof Andrew Westby and UNAAB Acting Registrar, Mr Leke Adeboye at the opening ceremony of the 2nd...

Manual peeling of cassava roots at Caltech Ventures, near Ho, Volta Region, Ghana.

Some participants at the 2nd Annual Review Meeting of the C:AVA Project in Abeokuta, Nigeria, March 2010.

A discussion session with C:AVA processor group at Kemta Apakila Village, Ogun State, Nigeria during the M&E team's baseline survey visit.

February 2010 - The Country Monitoring and Evaluation Team for C:AVA Nigeria during a backstopping visit with Dr Helena Posthumus for the baseline survey at Asipa Ilao village, Ogun State, Nigeria. Others are: the Baale of Asipa Ilao, Dr Dorcas Adegbite (Country M&E Team); Eng. Balogun Ogun Stat...

Dr A Adebowale (UNAAB-FST) working with others at the UAC Foods Product Testing Laboratory, Lagos, Nigeria.

C:AVA (Tanzania) Country Manager, Grace Mahende inspects a C:AVA-supported cassava processing unit at Nang'awanga village, Mtwara Region, Tanzania.

C:AVA (Nigeria) Country Manager, Lateef Sanni inspects a C:AVA supported cassava processing unit in Ogun state, Nigeria.

C:AVA Project Manager, Kolawole Adebayo visits the C:AVA-IITA multiplication plot for elite varieties at the IITA, Ibadan farms.

C:AVA (Nigeria) Cassava Production Consultant, Dr S Odedina and an Ondo State ADP Extension Officer (Mr. Alabi) distribute high yielding and mosaic resistant cassava varieties to farmers at Idanre Road, Ondo State.

C:AVA (Nigeria) Cassava Production Consultant, Dr S Odedina, IITA Cassava Production Expert, Dr. Paul Ilona and FECA Agricultural Extension Expert train farmers, public extension officers and staff of selected NGOs on common errors in cassava cultivation at the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure ...

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Focus Countries

The Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA) Project is developing value chains for High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi to improve the livelihoods and incomes of at least 90,000 smallholder households as direct beneficiaries including women and disadvantaged groups.

The project is led by the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich working closely with: University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria; Food Research Institute, Ghana; Tanzania Food and Nutrition, Tanzania; Africa Innovations Institute, Uganda; and Chancellor College, University of Malawi and a range of other partners.

C:AVA is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Greenwich.

View the latest NEW video about the project.. (For extended version, see here)

Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA) project - short version from Natural Resources Institute on Vimeo.