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.

WWF Care Alliance has handed over a cassava milling machine to Umumbo and Kazi Tu groups in Nachingwea District Council. The milling machine will guarantee value addition to cassava produced by the ...

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 ...

The cassava plant (Manihot esculenta) originates from South America. However, tapioca – which is extracted from its starchy root tubers – now plays a key role in diet in tropical countries, providing ...

Cassava (also called yuca, Brazilian arrowroot and manioc) is a starchy root vegetable that’s grown globally. It’s a versatile ingredient that can be found in a wide variety of dishes, and on top of ...

Thanks to an unexpectedly wet winter, it’s not hard this spring to spot chaparral yucca blooming on hillsides and ridgelines throughout Southern California. The plant is known as “our Lord’s candle” ...

With land development and chain-link fencing now complete at Bafudhar, a cassava flour production group in Pema Gatshel’s Chhoekhorling Gewog has renewed ...

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 ...