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.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday that it is planning to increase the yields of corn and cassava crops to a level sufficient to meet at least 81% of domestic demand. In a statement, ...

Tapioca is a starch, a white powder that you can buy in a package, akin to corn or potato starch. It is made from cassava, a hefty root that kind of looks like a sweet potato or yam, for good reason: ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) targets to make the country’s self sufficiency in corn and cassava hit 81 percent next year on the back of a P5.3 billion program aimed ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to allocate P5.31 billion in 2025 to enhance the production of quality corn, cassava, sorghum, and soybeans for food, feed ...

Farmers in Cauayan City, Isabela thresh their corn harvest in this BusinessMirror file photo. THE Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to achieve 81-percent sufficiency in corn and cassava in 2025 ...