Monrovia, March 26 -- Agriculture Development Agencies, researchers, and policymakers from across Africa, have begun a two-day summit to draw a seed roadmap for the country.

By Willie Tokpah

The symposium is surrounding ideas on how the Liberia Government can build an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) project of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) of the African Development Bank, and the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) in Nigeria.

The Seed Business Summit held under the theme, "Building a Harmonized Roadmap for Seed Sector Transformation", is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (...