The Federal Government has raised an alarm over a recentvirile disease, Cassava Brown Streak Disease, ravaging East and Central Africanow making its way to West Africa. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, Muhammed Umar, said this in Abuja at the 2019 Cassava InvestmentForum. The Permanent Secretary represented by Head, Font and TuberCrops in the ministry Ayodeji Bobby, called for a collective effort in securingNigeria and West African region against the virus. He said that the disease had caused over 90 per cent lossin a cassava farm in the country. He therefore urged the professionals at the cassava forumto use their vast knowledge and experience to advice the ministry on areas thatwere key to the development of cassava sub-sector in Nigeria. The permanent secretary said that Nigeriaremained the largest producer of cassava, adding that a total of 36.8 millionmatric tonnes of cassava were harvested from 3.13 million hectare in 2013.ns��T�p