Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition lifeboat for over 800 million people worldwide. Sub-saharan Africa ...

At 10 tonnes per hectare average cassava yield, compared with Asian countries’more than 20 tonnes per hectare, Nigeria’s cassava average yield is still considered low. However, Nigeria’s seed industry ...

That meant that their yields were always low and the crop prone to attacks. But that is no longer the case thanks to an initiative that has been promoting cassava as a healthy alternative to maize.

The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State, is training entrepreneurs in cassava stem farming. DANIEL ESSIET writes. For Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr ...

At 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, farmers and consumers from cassava-growing districts gathered in a hall at the Rubona Agricultural Research Station in Huye District for a sensory evaluation of six ...

Kenyans love their maize and wheat products. Every meal of protein is accompanied by either ugali or chapati. But herein lies the problem. Owing to a number of factors, the two staple foods cannot ...