The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) is stepping up measures to strengthen Nigeria’s cassava seed system, with emphasis on quality assurance, effective certification and wider access to certified planting materials. Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NASC, Hon. Fatuhu Muhammed, said ensuring farmers have access to quality-assured planting materials is critical to raising agricultural productivity, building resilience among farmers and improving food and nutrition security. Muhammed spoke at a two-day training organised for Licensed Seed Inspectors (LSIs), Seed Certification Officers (SCOs) and cassava stem-cutting producers under the Programme for Seed Systems...