The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn ... It begins with grinding cassava’s starchy roots on shredding boards ...

These days, the drought-resistant crop is also touted as having health benefits - cassava root is gluten-free, high in vitamin C and rich in copper. I don't know if cassava remains branded as food ...

Cassava is a root crop that thrives in the rainy season in Nigeria. It is used in making various Nigerian dishes such as fufu, eba, and garri. Cassava can be planted between April and June when ...

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THE African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), has kickstarted the training of no fewer than 6,000 cassava farmers ...

Uncovering a cassava root, Juma splits it open with one swing of his hoe. He sighs—the creamy white flesh is streaked with brown, rotting starch. To save enough of the crop to sell and to feed ...

Cassava, the fifth major food crop in the world, is a good alternative. Besides its importance as a key food security crop, it can also generate thousands of jobs along the value chain due to its ...

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has officially launched a Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) training ...

Though cassava is easy to cultivate, it is particularly vulnerable to plant pathogens, which can significantly reduce crop yields. These images complement a paper including UC Berkeley and DOE JGI ...

About 1,000 cassava farmers and processors across the ... This figure was announced by the Director of Tuber Crops Research, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Adeyemi Olojede ...

A new hike through the rice paddies and forested interior of Bali offers a meaningful way to experience Indonesia’s ‘Island ...