We have discovered scores of cassava varieties, growers using sophisticated breeding strategies to manage its toxicity, and elaborate methods for processing its dangerous yet nutritious products.
The ‘world’s deadliest food‘ kills more than 200 people a year but millions of people still eat it across the globe.
During a recent visit to the state, PREMIUM TIMES observed how farmers take advantage of the sunlight typical in northern ...
Property and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed as a result of fire incident that ravaged a cassava processing ...
Alvester’s journey into cassava production began in 2009 when she attended a seminar that encouraged farmers to plant cassava ...
A cassava processing factory was destroyed when fire broke out at the facility located at Ebedi Layout, Alalukimba, Barrack area of Iseyin, Oyo State.
He supplies two tonnes of raw cassava daily to a processing plant in Amia-Kony Village, Bardyang Parish. “They buy a kilo of cassava at Shs3,000, and in December last year alone, I got Shs8 ...
In an effort to bolster its local food industry, the province of Camagüey has significantly increased its production of ...
Across the tropics, farming communities—an estimated 800 million people—rely on cassava for food and income. However, in recent decades, harvests have been decimated by rapidly spreading diseases.