Felicien Simpunga grew up in the Ruhango district of Rwanda, where life and making a living revolved around agriculture. While he grows other crops such as beans and sweet potatoes for home use, ...

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 ...

Mzee Raphael Owaka’s (pictured) love for cassava farming is simply impressive. While other farmers have invested in exotic crops, he has stuck to good old cassava in his farm in Nyabondo, Upper ...

Cassava farming has become big commercial business. There are opportunities for the roots to be processed into various products, including cassava flour, starch, and ethanol and glucose syrup. DANIEL ...

National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Agbeyewa Farms on the launch a Joint Venture partnership on land development for cassava ...

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.

The Ondo State government and Matna Foods Company Limited have launched a partnership aimed at drawing thousands of young ...

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 ...

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 ...

The wave of insecurity in Kwara State has intensified with the abduction of two brothers by armed bandits while working on their cassava farm in Edu Local Government Area. The attack occurred on ...