[Collins Oduor, Standard] Cassava is a versatile crop that has several uses in the African context. It can withstand the harshest growing conditions and still yield considerably as compared to ...

Cassava’s humble appearance, however, belies an impressive combination of productivity, toughness and diversity. Over the course of millennia, Indigenous peoples bred it from a weedy wild plant ...

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.” ...

Nigeria is the globe's biggest producer of cassava, or yuca. It could stand to earn billions from exports of flour, sorbitol, bubble tea, and ethanol. More from Big Business Nigeria is the globe's ...

Farmers in Dokolo District are reaping big from the commercial growing of cassava. This has improved livelihoods, with many farmers now earning substantial income and boosting household prosperity.

William Simiyu from Busia County has been growing cassava for the last four years for commercial purposes. He shares with Money Maker the process from planting to harvesting. Choose a variety ...

But there is good news for cassava breeders and farmers. Scientists were able to make these discoveries thanks to a multidisciplinary approach that combined classical plant pathology, metagenomics ...

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.” ...