One of the most important food security crops in Africa is cassava, a root vegetable eaten by around half a billion people every day. Africa produces nearly 200 million tonnes of cassava every year, ...

Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition lifeboat for over 800 million people worldwide. Sub-saharan Africa ...

Sequoia Holdings Ltd has commissioned a 10,000-hectare integrated Cassava Industrial City (SCIC) in Kokona, Nasarawa State, marking a significant milestone in Nigeria’s agro-industrial development and ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the Federal Government is planning to save more than N3 trillion each year by reducing fuel and ethanol imports through a new cassava bioethanol initiative.

Cassava produces about ten times more carbohydrates than most cereals per unit area, and are ideal for production in marginal and drought prone areas, the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research ...

Juliet Oduor the Proprietor Blossom Essentials foodstuffs during an interview with Standard. [Samson Wire, Standard]. Have you ever tasted or heard of cake or chapati made out of cassava flour? Most ...

During the visit, women farmers demonstrated new cultivation techniques designed to help crops withstand reduced rainfall and climate variability, an increasing challenge for agricultural communities.

At 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, farmers and consumers from cassava-growing districts gathered in a hall at the Rubona Agricultural Research Station in Huye District for a sensory evaluation of six ...