The Tanzanian government will support efforts aimed at supporting farmers to optimize the cassava growing as it play a big ...

A researcher at the National Roots Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Abia State, Mrs Glory Ironkwe, has urged the federal ...

Plant scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a new African cassava preferred by consumers and farmers that is resistant to ...

Abidjan — Women farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are achieving greater autonomy and economic independence thanks to new varieties of cassava ...

Researchers in Tanzania are exploring how small-scale farmers might better integrate production of root and tuber crops, such as cassava ...

A new variety of sweet potatoes introduced in Gakenke District has increased output from four tonnes to 12 tonnes per ...

Climate change could lead to crops from the banana family becoming a critical food source for millions of people, a ...

Banana Xanthomonas wilt has spread to 23 out of 30 districts in the country and has been declared a national ...

From this field nestled among the lush rolling hills of Nigeria's southwest, the small plants rising out the hard red ...

Mrs. Elemo, who spoke in Asaba during the Annual General Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, where she was ...

Rice remains the most popular staple in Guinea, but the high price of imported rice is pushing many consumers in ...

Cassava is the second–most important food crop in Africa, a staple in South America, and a vital industrial crop grown ...

Scientists and farmers' associations have high hopes that a variety of cassava could help build their resilience to droughts and ...

Prices of cassava root, potato starch and flour are the largest (in nominal terms) ever recorded by the Center for ...

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have a silver lining: doubling the size of the sweet potato, ...

Cassava, a rough and ready root crop that has long been the foundation of food security in Africa is finally ...

[NAIROBI] Three projects targeting the deadly viral cassava diseases, cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD), have ...

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Bank loans for cassava producers are this year expected to increase by US$8.3 million to US$17.6 million, compared to US$9.3 ...

Farmers in the Horn of Africa should focus on growing more improved cassava varieties, which are high-yielding and resilient to ...

Bakeries across Barbados will be involved in trials to test how cassava flour can either be used to develop products ...