Cassava program in Asia brings together stakeholders in Lao PDR for 2 days of training and the official launch of the country’s first cassava clean stem multiplication facility

To combat the spread of pests and diseases in cassava, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT have launched the first ever cassava stem multiplication center in Lao PDR, and the first tunnel-based rapid multiplication system in Asia. This is an important step in protecting the regional cassava industry, worth 225 million USD in Lao PDR alone, and multi-billion sector across Southeast Asia.