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The proliferation of deadly Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and resistant to the equally devastating Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) is a threat to food security and well-being of farmers in East Africa, the International Institute of Tropical Agricul…

These diseases represent the greatest threat to food security in the region as cassava is Africa’s second most important food crop after maize and provides more than half of the dietary calories for over half of the total rural and urban population i…

Around the small village of Fuoni, just outside Zanzibar City, are fields of okra, tomatoes and peppers. These vegetable plots are not just the result of one season’s farming.

Four new high-yielding cassava varieties that are tolerant to the deadly Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and resistant to the equally devastating Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD), were last week officially released in Tanzania, providing a ray of hope …

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Ambassador, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Africa needs to rethink its food import burden and consider local content options, such as the inclusion of cassava flour in wheat to r…