The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is held by a dark horse: cassava. Over the course of millennia, Indigenous ...

Scientists say a disease destroying entire crops of cassava has spread out of East Africa into the heart of the continent, is attacking plants as far south as Angola and now threatens to move west ...

Research shows airborne mercury from gold mining contaminates crops, raising concerns about food safety and long-term health ...

By Gloria Dickie As smallholder farmers in French Guiana walked their fields in 2023, they noted a disturbing pattern. Their ...

What is cassava used for? Cassava is a rich, affordable source of carbohydrates. It can provide more calories per acre of the crop than cereal grain crops, which makes it a very useful crop in ...

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St. Louis, MO, February 7, 2023 — Cassava is one of the most important crops in the tropics, feeding half a billion people in more than 80 countries. Cassava bacterial blight (CBB) is a devastating ...

Busoga farmers expected to benefit from new cassava processing plant. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans President Museveni is set to commission a Shs349 billion ($100 million) cassava ...

Instead of dying of starvation households in drought-hit Ganze in Kilifi County have opted to embrace genetically modified cassava. Members of Mali Shambani Aggregation Group have warmed up to the new ...