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 ...

When I first encountered a cassava plant, it was love at first sight, and over the years, my affection for this graceful and highly useful perennial has only increased. Inside the US, cassava is ...

Cassava leaves are edible if cooked and contain up to 25% protein. The leaves are dark green with red highlights. They are shaped kind of like a hand with long pointy fingers; the stalk is kind of ...

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 ...

In a recent study, genetically modified cassava plants produced roots that were more than two-and-a-half times the size of normal cassava roots. The findings could help ease hunger in many countries ...

Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day ...

PHNOM PENH, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Green Leader (Cambodia) Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of China's Hong Kong-based Green Leader Holdings Group, on Sunday began the construction of its first cassava processing ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has inaugurated a Cassava Plant at Afam in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers. Mr Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the Chief Information ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a recent study, genetically modified cassava plants produced roots that were more than two-and-a-half times the size of normal cassava roots. The findings could help ease hunger in ...