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 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 ...
Utilising wasted cassava stem starch could provide food for an extra 30 million people without using additional arable land, researchers say. There has been growing interest in increasing the ...
About 11,000 farmers in Yumbe District are grappling with the burden of cassava brown streak disease and cassava mosaic disease that is ravaging the gardens. On Tuesday, Mr Rashid Ochile, a resident ...
With the ban on the plastic paper bag carriers in Kenya, businesses are struggling to find affordable substitutes in line with the new environmental conservation directive. The ban has had a ...
Cassava has been a commercial success.The crop is being processed into a variety of products – including flour, starch, ethanol and glucose syrup. There are concerted efforts to groom more cassava ...
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 ...
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