BASICS 11- IITA: FSPs Float Cooperative Society, Set To Partner Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
By Charity Uwakwe The recently onboarded Foundation Seed Producers, FSPs, under the aegis if National Roots Crops Research Institute, (NRCRI) Umudike have unanimously floated Early Generation Seeds (EGS) Cooperative. This is in strict adherence to the clarion call by the management of National Roots Crops Research Institute, Umudike, urging Cassava Seed Enterprenuers to belong to some cooperative society, as a major criteria for certification by the National Seeds Council, NASC.It was also gathered that the certification by the NASC would enable farmers produce cassava seeds devoid of diseases and pest. Famous Reporters had reported earlier that NRCRI last week, during…