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Banking on Kenya's gluten-free cassava
2017-09-08 16:16:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Entrepreneurs in Kenya are cashing in on Africa's naturally gluten-free vegetable.
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Yields of key cassava crop not keeping pace with Africa population growth: TRFN
2015-03-03 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Yields of cassava, a key crop feeding millions of people across Africa, are not keeping pace with population growth despite its tolerance for climate change, a leading scientist said. More than half the world's cassava, a high-energy root crop, is grown in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is often the cheapest source of calories for poor people, said Clair Hershey, programme leader at the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). "More than 200 million people rely on...
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Cassava Has Potential as Pig Feed in Ghana
2013-10-31 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GHANA - Cassava has the potential to transform access to livestock feed for poor farmers according to an FAO study focused on Ghana, released by the Sub-regional Office for West Africa.
Warmer Climate Threatens Africas Vital Cassava Crop
2013-05-11 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: A plant which is a staple food crop for millions of people across Africa is at risk from disease as regional temperatures rise, scientists say. The plant, cassava, is a significant source of food and income, and is an important industrial crop, and there is concern that serious food shortages may result and poverty worsen. Experts say the spread of the disease could halve cassava production and threaten the diets of 300 million people. Experts say the spread of the disease could halve cassava...
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Horn of Africa 'should grow more climate-hardy cassava'
2013-01-17 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Farmers in the Horn of Africa should focus on growing more improved cassava varieties, which are high-yielding and resilient to drought, according to researchers. The improved varieties developed by the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and tested in Ethiopia, may help tackle famine in the Horn of Africa, an area that was severely hit by drought and hunger in 2011. SPEED READ Improved cassava varieties show impressive increases in yield Wider cultivation...
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