Cassava’s humble appearance, however, belies an impressive combination of productivity, toughness and diversity. Over the ...

When I undertook a sociological survey, at the age of 23 years among the Veddas of Wellassa-Bintenne in 1950, I came to ...

Something is killing Ramadhani Juma’s cassava crop. “Maybe it’s too much water,” he says, fingering clusters of withered yellow leaves on a six-foot-high plant. “Or too much sun.” ...

ONE of the staple foods of the people of the rain forest belt of West Africa is gari, a starchy food prepared from the root of the cassava plant (Manihot utilissima). The traditional preparation ...

Pioneer national president of the Nigeria Cassava Processors and Marketers Association, HRH Eze Philip Ajomiwe, has said the country can meet the global ...