There are efforts to improve seed system in sub-Sahara Africa. Cassava is among specific seed systems being addressed. Stakeholders are calling for increased local support to boost cassava seed system ...

DODOMA: THE Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) has hosted visitors from Cornell University and the International ...

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 ...

The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is held by a dark horse: cassava. Over the course of millennia, Indigenous ...

Cassava leaves are edible if cooked and contain up to 25% protein. The leaves are dark green with red highlights. They are shaped kind of like a hand with long pointy fingers; the stalk is kind of ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A grower shows off his lush cassava garden. Stephen Wooding, CC BY-ND The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice ...

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 ...