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Category Archives: cassava
Cassava and sweet potato in Malawi (ELDIS)
Read at : http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59255?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eldis-agriculture+%28Eldis+Agriculture%29 Cassava and sweet potato yield assessment in Malawi Cassava and sweet potato harvesting in Malawi Authors: C. Moyo; African Crop Science Journal Publisher: Eldis Document Store, 2004 Cassava and sweet potato are important food and cash … Continue reading
Posted in cassava, food / food security
Cassava for hunger reduction in Malawi (ELDIS)
Read at : http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59256?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eldis-agriculture+%28Eldis+Agriculture%29 Estimating the impact of cassava research for development approach on productivity, uptake and food security in Malawi Cassava for hunger reduction in Malawi Authors: J. Rusike Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2009 Cassava in Malawi is the second … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, cassava
Cassava growers and buyers in Malawi (ELDIS)
Read at : http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59257?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eldis-agriculture+%28Eldis+Agriculture%29 Linking farmers to markets: opportunities and challenges for cassava farmers in Malawi Connecting cassava growers to buyers in Malawi Authors: N.M. Mahungu; International Society for Tropical Root Crops Publisher: Eldis Document Store, 2007 In an effort … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, cassava
How to plant cassava stakes ? (Heribert LOPEZ / Joseph KAMAU)
Messages from Heriberto LOPEZ and Joseh KAMAU (1) Heriberto : Thanks for your willingness to help Africa’s People, which are under a heavy food shortage as history explains itself. Again, a few stream-of-thought related to Africa’s Hunger. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, cassava
Cassava, Sweet Potatoes, Yam, Potatoes etc., research project of Heriberto LOPEZ
A message of Heriberto Lopez <lopezplantworld@yahoo.com> : “My Cassava, Sweet Potatoes, Yam, Potatoes etc., research project is currently confronting some problems. People are stealing our cassava stems (cassava stakes are a commodity here in Florida), and Floods (the Econlockhatchee River, … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, cassava, Research / science
Improved varieties of cassava cuttings (NGO News Africa)
Read at : http://www.ngonewsafrica.org/?p=9440 Rwanda: NGO in cassava multiplication drive Cassava farmers in the Eastern Province are set to receive improved varieties of cassava cuttings from Rwanda Rural Rehabilitation Initiative (RWARRI). The local NGO, on Thursday, trained at least 100 … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, cassava
Importance of improved cassava processing technology in Nigeria (ATDF)
Read at :African Technology Development Forum http://www.atdforum.org/spip.php?article411 Journal issue on bricks and crops By Webmaster, 30 December 2010 The December Issue addresses among other things the durability of compressed earth bricks in Tanzania and discusses the importance of improved cassava … Continue reading
Posted in cassava, Technologies
