In the last two years, cassava has been the most talked about crop. Despite this, farmers are facing challenges of poor returns on their investment at the end of every farming season, reports DANIEL ...

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 more than just a staple food in Uganda—it is a lifeline. From feeding millions of households with daily meals to powering industries with starch and flour, the crop has become central to ...

Our results show that we’re resisting the challenge of climate change. Our production has become more stable, even in years ...

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 ...

Ojo's ambitions are straightforward -- increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500 percent, fight hunger and raise her ...

TONGWE, Tanzania (AlertNet) - Changing weather patterns have forced farmers in Muheza district in Tanzania to move away from growing traditional crops and switch to cassava, which is playing an ...

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 ...

Kenyans love their maize and wheat products. Every meal of protein is accompanied by either ugali or chapati. But herein lies the problem. Owing to a number of factors, the two staple foods cannot ...

Beer and spirits have a long history of turning crops into currency for poor farmers. America’s own frontier farmers distilled corn into whiskey as insurance against hard times. Now a brewing company ...