The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has officially launched a Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) training programme aimed at enhancing the skills of cassava farmers and processors in the ...

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 ...

The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) has embarked on a series of training to help farmers improve cassava yields. The training of trainers (ToTs) project targets ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Raphael Owaka, a farmer at his farm in Nyakach, Kisumu county on January 17, 2019. The ...

Somanya (E/R), Sept. 13, GNA – The Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) project, under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Crop Research Institute, has organised a ...

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 ...

When Burundian cassava farmers split open the plant’s starchy root, they’re hoping to find white flesh that resembles coconut meat. If instead the inside is marked with brown patches, it’s likely ...