NASC, CRS, trains 18 third party inspection officers

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI) have commenced training of 18 third party agencies for cassava seeds inspection in Benue state. 

The inspections are expected to assist the Seeds Council on certification of quality cassava seeds to small holder cassava farmers. 

Declaring the training open in Makurdi Benue State on Monday, NASC Director General, said the project aims to develop a sustainable cassava seed system and I production of well trained third party agents which will further bolster the sustainability of the cassava seed system that NASC and other implementing partners envisage. 

He said in the last three years, the BASICS project developed novel to technologies like semis auto trophic Hydroponics (SAH) technology for speeding up the propagation of clean cassava planting materials, the cassava seed tracker, which is the first of its kind anywhere in the world, adding that this will entrench efficiency and traceability in the cassava seed system

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