Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and ...

By introducing precise edits into these genes, the researchers were able to develop cassava plants with enhanced resistance to both CMD and CBSD, which are two of the most destructive diseases ...

When I undertook a sociological survey, at the age of 23 years among the Veddas of Wellassa-Bintenne in 1950, I came to ...

ONE of the staple foods of the people of the rain forest belt of West Africa is gari, a starchy food prepared from the root of the cassava plant (Manihot utilissima). The traditional preparation ...

Cassava’s humble appearance, however, belies an impressive combination of productivity, toughness and diversity. Over the ...

A new genomic study reveals how Indigenous traditional farming practices have shaped the evolution of manioc – one of the world’s most important staple crops – for the better. The domestication of ...

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Something is killing Ramadhani Juma’s cassava crop. “Maybe it’s too much water,” he says, fingering clusters of withered yellow leaves on a six-foot-high plant. “Or too much sun.” ...