CoverPROCEEDINGS OF THE VALIDATION FORUM ON THE GLOBAL CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Volume 2

A review of cassava in Africa
with country case studies on Nigeria, Ghana, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda and Benin

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2005

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

THE CASSAVA TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA

1.   INTRODUCTION

2.   THE CASSAVA TRANSFORMATION

3.   PRODUCTION TRENDS

4.   CASSAVA PROCESSING

5.   CASSAVA CONSUMPTION

6.   NEW USES FOR CASSAVA

7.   IMPLICATIONS OF THE CASSAVA TRANSFORMATION FOR ENVIRONMENT, GENDER, POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND EQUITY

8.   CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

CASSAVA IN AFRICA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

1.   INTRODUCTION

2.   THE CASSAVA SYSTEM

3.   CASSAVA PRODUCTION TRENDS

4.   CASSAVA AS A FOOD SECURITY CROP

5.   ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT OF CASSAVA

6.   INFRASTRUCTURE AND PRODUCT MARKETS

7.   RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

8.   CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE NEEDS

CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

1.   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2.   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

3.   INTRODUCTION

4.   CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA

5.   CASSAVA UTILIZATION IN NIGERIA

6.   INTERVENTIONS

7.   SUCCESSES, FAILURES AND LIMITATIONS OF INTERVENTIONS

8.   LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST EXPERIENCES: FUTURE STRATEGIES

CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA

1.   FOREWORD

2.   TERMS OF REFERENCE

3.   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4.   EVOLUTION OF CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA

5.   EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONS

6.   LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST EXPERIENCES

7.   A SYNTHESIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR A FUTURE STRATEGY FOR CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA

STATUS OF CASSAVA IN TANZANIA

1.   FOREWORD

2.   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3.   INTRODUCTION

4.   CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION IN TANZANIA

5.   INTERVENTIONS

6.   GENDER ROLES IN CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION

7.   CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSES AND FAILURES

8.   LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE STRATEGIES

CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA

1.   INTRODUCTION

2.   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

3.   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4.   UGANDA

5.   PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF CASSAVA IN UGANDA

6.   FACTORS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED DEVELOPMENT OF CASSAVA IN UGANDA

7.   INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT

8.   SUCCESSES, FAILURES AND LIMITATIONS OF INTERVENTIONS

9.   LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES FOR CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT

ORGANISATION DE LA FILIÈRE DU MANIOC AU BÈNIN (lére PARTIE)

1.   PRÉAMBULE

2.   INTRODUCTION

3.   SITUATION ACTUELLE DU MANIOC AU BÉNIN

4.   STRATEGIES POUR LA PROMOTION DE LA FILIÈRE DU MANIOC

5.   MO YENS ÀMETTRE EN OEUVRE

ORGANISATION DE LA FILIÈRE DU MANIOC AU BENIN (2ème PARTIE)

1.   INTRODUCTION

2.   JUSTIFICATION

3.   OBJECTIFS DU PROJET

4.   COMPOSANTS DU PROJET

5.   CONCLUSIONS ET RECOMMENDATIONS

ORGANISATION DE LA FILIÈRE DU MANIOC AU BENIN (3ème PARTIE)

1.   DURÉE DU PROJET

2.   CONCLUSIONS

REPORT OF THE BRAINSTORMING SESSION WITH AFRICAN RESEARCHERS ON THE GLOBAL CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

1.   BACKGROUND

2.   THE STRATEGY

3.   APPLICABILITY OF GCDS TO AFRICA

4.   A CONCENSUS

5.   KEY ISSUES RAISED

6.   PRIORITY ISSUES FOR INTERVENTION OF CASSAVA

7.   ACTION AREAS

REPORT OF THE REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION MEETING FOR WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA ON THE GLOBAL CASSAVA STRATEGY

1.   SUMMARY

2.   BACKGROUND

3.   REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION MEETING

4.   CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

PROGRESS REVIEW MEETING ON THE FORMULATION OF THE GLOBAL CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY