Cassava is a staple food for millions of people across Africa and a major source of income and employment for farmers. There are efforts to create an effective cassava entrepreneurship system to boost ...

Felicien Simpunga grew up in the Ruhango district of Rwanda, where life and making a living revolved around agriculture. While he grows other crops such as beans and sweet potatoes for home use, ...

In the last two years, cassava has been the most talked about crop. Despite this, farmers are facing challenges of poor returns on their investment at the end of every farming season, reports DANIEL ...

Agbeyewa Farms Limited has unveiled a 12-point agenda designed to transform cassava farming and address food insecurity in the country. The agenda was made public during a presentation to a delegation ...

Cassava farming is increasingly taking root in Kilifi county with acreage under the crop increasing each year. This is after the Kilifi county government completed the construction of a Sh25 million ...

This specific pest, Dr Michael Otim says, is endemic to the ecological environment of Uganda and was named after the former ...

Cassava, a staple food for not only Nakasongola area, but several other districts in the north, eastern parts of Uganda is under threat from disease attack that has drastically impacted on the farmer ...

Cassava grows well in an area with deep well-drained loamy soil, adequate rainfall, and warm & moist climatic conditions, when getting a site to set up a cassava farm. Also, there’s an increase in ...

Farming declined dramatically in the 20th century and along with it the demise of cassava farming. Today only three farmers continue to grow and process it commercially.Remaining cassava farmersGabre ...

The Philippines government has been urged to reintroduce traditional organic methods of cassava production in a bid to boost the country’s ailing industry. Organic farming advocate Rex Rivera, the ...

Cassava farming is increasingly taking root in Kilifi county with acreage under the crop increasing each year. This is after the Kilifi county government completed the construction of a Sh25 million ...