Across various West African countries, gari, a popular food made from cassava, has garnered a reputation for potentially causing impaired vision. Cyanide content in cassava and gari: Cassava, the ...

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 of ...

The prices of cassava will continue to rise as more firms compete to acquire the food item for ethanol production and other industrial uses. This imbalance is said to be driving prices of garri and ...

A farmer, Mrs Victoria Bolujoko, has challenged local farmers to cultivate more of Vitamin A cassava because of its numerous health benefits. Bolujoko, a member of the All Farmers Association of ...

With the changing weather patterns, maize diseases and the high cost of production, cassava could just be the answer to Kenya's food insecurity“For me, cassava represents food, a source of income and ...

A group of Londoners who smuggled 1,500 kilos of cannabis into the UK from Ghana in sacks of cassava flour have been sentenced. Daniel Yeboah, 54, Kristoffen Baidoo, 48, Kwaku Bonsu, 52, all from ...