About ACAI
African Cassava Agronomy Initiative is a 5-year project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to increase the availability of appropriate and affordable technologies to sustainably improve cassava productivity in the short- and long-term.
Mission
Develop and deploy cassava agronomy recommendation tools to intensify cassava farming, improve root starch quality and reduce the yield gap within a 5-year project tenure that seeks to engage 100,000 households and generate value worth US$ 28 million.
Vision
To deliver the necessary knowledge base and tools for accessing this knowledge to cassava scaling partners and ultimately farmers in the target countries while instituting the necessary capacity and skills for national system scientists to engage in transformative cassava agronomy.
Project Countries
Objectives
To generate basic information on cassava growth and nutrient requirements to enable the development of improved agronomic recommendations
To develop site specific recommendations based on smallholder farmer resources and production objectives enabling farmers to reduce cassava yield gaps
To develop a decision support framework for development partners interacting with smallholder cassava farmers that allows bringing recommendations to scale
To develop scientific capacity within the national research systems by engaging them in transformative cassava R4D
Purpose
The Project
[lead text_color=”text-light”]ACAI follows a demand-driven approach, responding to needs identified by development partners to develop technologies that fulfil those needs. The project develops technologies in the context centered around 6 use cases
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A fertilizer blending decision support tool for the fertilizer industry
A site-specific fertilizer recommendation tool for extension agents
A best planting practices tool for extension agents or farmers
A cassava intercropping decision support tool for extension agents or farmers
A staggered planting decision support tool for year-round cassava root supply to the processing
Practices for higher root starch yields for processing industry.
Our Management Team
Implementation Strategy
Our Partners
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