Cassava is a staple food for millions of people across Africa and a major source of income and employment for farmers. There are efforts to create an effective cassava entrepreneurship system to boost ...

Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition ...

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 farming is increasingly taking root in Kilifi county with acreage under the crop increasing each year. This is after the Kilifi county government completed the construction of a Sh25 million ...

Daniel Danino is the CEO and founder of Volta Metals, an international group focused on energy, industry and trading in EMEA. Africa is a continent rich in natural resources, including fertile soil ...

The global cassava market has risen to $164.1billion, according to Index Box estimates. Reports listed countries with the highest volumes of cassava consumption as Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of ...

Drone technology has been recently introduced in Cambodia’s cassava cultivations to help small-scale farmers earn better yield while bringing down the costs of farm input. Cassava is the most ...

Cassava grows well in an area with deep well-drained loamy soil, adequate rainfall, and warm & moist climatic conditions, when getting a site to set up a cassava farm. Also, there’s an increase in ...

The Philippines government has been urged to reintroduce traditional organic methods of cassava production in a bid to boost the country’s ailing industry. Organic farming advocate Rex Rivera, the ...

Cassava whiteflies damage cassava by directly feeding on sap, causing yellowing, stunted growth and leaf drop. These pests also transmit viruses such cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown ...