Government representatives, development partners and cassava researchers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam gather this week to devise a regional plan to contain the potentially devastating Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in Southeast Asia....
Cassava utilisation is limited because of the presence of cyanide, which causes poisoning. Various cassava tubers and varieties vary in the amount of cyanide content. The root which is edible contains lower cyanide compared to...
The Zambia Federation Associations of Women in Business have embarked on a cassava seed growing program aimed at empowering women in Zambia. The cassava cluster program was launched in 2011 by the Common Market for...
“Cassava is the most important food staple in sub-Saharan Africa,” says Morag [Ferguson], a cassava specialist who [works] with [the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s (IITA) Nairobi office]…However…yields can be reduced strongly since the majority of...
Ten agricultural communities in three provinces will now produce organic cassava that will be sold at a higher value than the market price, giving hundreds of farmers a chance to earn a better living. The...
Akwenyuni Youth Group in Teso North sub-county is an impressive unit. With 33 members, the group which comprises university graduates and Form Four leavers, is equipping youth with agribusiness skills so they can be their...
The Enugu State chapter of Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) says the dearth of flour processing machines has hindered efforts to produce cassava flour for bakers. The state Chairman of NCGA, Mr Romanus Ezeh, made...
A new tool to fight cassava diseases using an artificially intelligent machine has been launched. Nuru, as the device is known, has been developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it will invest $120 million in the framework of the Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT) in the next 2-3 years to boost the productivity and transform cassava and other eight other...
Two brothers from the Eastern Region of Ghana, James and Kwesi Ansah have discovered a new way of producing electricity using waste from cassava. Electricity generated from the root vegetable can power radios and mobile...
