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Our Goal

By 2019, we would have facilitated systems
where smallholders farmers would have sold
more than 2 million tonnes of fresh cassava roots
to targeted value chains in Nigeria, Ghana,
Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi.
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Leading by example

The Country Manager,
Vito Sandifolo, CAVA Malawi demonstrating
how cassava is planted.

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CAVA, Nigeria, NRI
and IITA team

evaluating cassava unit operation at TFI

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Rural women who have
benefited from CAVA II project

danced in excitment as they received
experts from CAVA II, Malawi

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Washing of cassava roots
in a machine at
Thai Farms International.

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An elevator lifting cassava
roots into a bin for washing

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What We Do

CAVA II works across the value-added cassava chain, specifically focusing on a number of bottlenecks that have slowed growth and progress from previous

How We Work

The project intends to work across the value-added cassava chain, specifically focusing on a number of bottlenecks that have slowed growth and progress

Where We Work

We focus on 5 African Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania

CAVA II

Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (CAVA) Phase II

Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (CAVA II) is a project led by the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria, working closely with Natural Resources Institute of University of Greenwich, United Kingdom; Food Research Institute Ghana; Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center, Tanzania; Africa Innovations Institute, Uganda; Chancellor College, University of Malawi alongside several partners.