The record of Africa being the largest producer of cassava is now threatened.
Speaking at a training programme for tractor operators, extension agents and agriculture officers In Ilorin at the weekend, the regional representative, West Africa, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Dr Abdourhammane Kollo, said that continuous lowest yields of cassava in some cassava growing nations of Africa may confine the continent to a poor status if new approach is not promptly embraced.