LITTLE ROCK — Most of us have a vague recollection of food plants from other parts of the world, but we quickly run out of specifics when we go to discuss them. Cassava, for example, is the most ...

A nutty-flavored, starchy root vegetable, cassava (also known as yuca) is one of the most drought-resistant crops and is a major source of calories and carbs for people in developing countries, ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. A community-based organisation (CBO) in Yatta, in Kenya's Lower Eastern, has defied the odd ...

A UA research team has taken the first step toward saving a food source that hundreds of millions of people rely upon. By unlocking the cassava plant genome, the team hopes to combat a disease that ...

Cassava, banana and plantain, staple foods for millions of the world’s poorest people, are notoriously difficult to breed. But an international team of scientists aims to change that, using a ...

Scientists might demonstrate the potential benefits of editing plant genes by altering cassava so it no longer poisons and cripples people in the Southern Hemisphere, California microbiologist Michael ...

East African Agricultural Productivity Project (EAAPP) plans to construct a cassava processing plant in Simba Chai area of Teso South sub-county. The facility which will cost Sh10 million is expected ...

Plant Snacks has launched a cassava snack range its founder says has a great chance at contending in a competitive better-for-you snacks sector. Cassava Crunch – made from the native South American ...

President Museveni is set to commission a Shs349 billion ($100 million) cassava processing plant in Kamuli District, aiming ...