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 ...

Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and space Benjamin Hack A farmer holding a bundle of manioc tubers in Sierra ...

Ojo's ambitions are straightforward -- increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500 percent, fight hunger and raise her ...

Researchers have identified the gene responsible for resistance in certain cassava cultivars against the devastating cassava mosaic disease. This is an important step for breeding virus-resistant ...

Tapioca is naturally gluten-free, since the cassava root does not contain gluten protein. Because tapioca can be used to replace other flours, such as wheat flour, or thickeners, like cornstarch, it ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. When Arab traders introduced cassava — a nutty-flavoured ...

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has said a proposed cassava-based ethanol plant will be a game changer that will catalyse growth in many sectors of the economy. He ...