A research team has proposed inbred-parent–based hybrid cassava breeding to overcome the challenges of heterozygous parent use, aiming to transform cassava breeding by purging deleterious mutations ...

During the visit, women farmers demonstrated new cultivation techniques designed to help crops withstand reduced rainfall and climate variability, an increasing challenge for agricultural communities.

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 ...

National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Agbeyewa Farms on the launch a Joint Venture partnership on land development for cassava ...

Daniel Danino is the CEO and founder of Volta Metals, an international group focused on energy, industry and trading in EMEA. Africa is a continent rich in natural resources, including fertile soil ...

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 ...

A research team reviewed the advancements in managing cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), highlighting the integration of new plant breeding technologies (NPBTs) with traditional breeding to enhance ...

Witches’ broom”, a recently identified disease, is now threatening cassava production across several continents. In French Guiana, cassava is a staple food for local communities. Faced with the ...

NAN recalls that the State Government had earlier announced its plans to earmark over 100,000 hectares of land to boost cassava production for export and job creation. Eze remarked in an interview ...

NAN recalls that the State Government had earlier announced its plans to earmark over 100,000 hectares of land to boost cassava production for export and job creation. Cassava N News Agency Of Nigeria ...