However, in recent decades, harvests have been decimated by rapidly spreading diseases. But there is good news for cassava breeders and farmers. Scientists were able to make these discoveries ...

There are two main root vegetables in West Africa - cassava and yam. Cassava is available all year round, it is cheap and is known, or to put it correctly, was known as food for the poor.

is a root vegetable that serves as a major food source in many parts of the world, including Africa and the Caribbean. The cassava plant is drought-resistant and can withstand pests and diseases ...

Amani Wajane Women Group from Mande village in Vitengeni within Kilifi County display cassava roots after uprooting it from the ground in one of their demonstration farm. (PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU ...