In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian Elizabeth Ohene considers the call of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni for people to eat the humble cassava as the price of wheat soars ...

A joint study by researchers at the Koforidua Technical University and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ...

Cassava (also called yuca, Brazilian arrowroot and manioc) is a starchy root vegetable that’s grown globally. It’s a versatile ingredient that can be found in a wide variety of dishes, and on top of ...

The Kwara State Government has inaugurated the KWASANG APEX CO-OP Cassava Value-Addition Factory in Osin Pakate, Ilorin ...

Cassava is a root vegetable that contains vitamin C and copper. It may also contain harmful compounds if consumed raw. Cassava is a root vegetable widely consumed in many countries around the globe.

Update: Lesser Evil announced on June 13, 2024, that it would phase out the use of cassava flour in its Lil’ Puffs line of products, saying it was "dismayed by the recent news" that some of its ...

Cassava is a starchy root vegetable that is most commonly used in Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. You may have seen cassava products displayed in grocery or health food ...

Here, cassava is still relatively unknown. Yet, it occasionally ends up on the plate, especially when one is adventurous in the kitchen. The root can be used to make delicious fries, puree, or curry.

Figure 1: PCA of cassava accessions included in cassava HapMapII. Figure 3: Effect of recombination on the distribution of deleterious mutations in the cassava genome. Figure 4: Mutation burden in ...

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