Cassava’s humble appearance, however, belies an impressive combination of productivity, toughness and diversity. Over the course of millennia, Indigenous peoples bred it from a weedy wild plant ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. J. Alexander Nuetah, toured the European Union-funded cassava breeder seed garden or multiplication site established at the Central Agriculture Research Institute ...

During a recent visit to the state, PREMIUM TIMES observed how farmers take advantage of the sunlight typical in northern Nigeria to help preserve their cassava.

Something is killing Ramadhani Juma’s cassava crop. “Maybe it’s too much water,” he says, fingering clusters of withered yellow leaves on a six-foot-high plant. “Or too much sun.” ...

(Sphingidae), is the only serious lepidopteran pest throughout the cassava-growing regions of the Neotropics. Severe attacks cause complete plant defoliation, losses in bulk root production, and lower ...

The growing reliance on black markets leaves desperate individuals unable to distinguish between the two, putting lives at serious risk. According to The Guardian, cassava, also known as manioc ...

omestic cassava production has declined over the past decade as a result of lower farmgate prices discouraging farmers from planting more, the Indonesian Cassava Society (MSI) has said.

Develop and disseminate pest management technologies and systems for producing healthy seedlings In recent years, climate change and the rapid acceleration of global trade have led to increasing crop ...