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Transient expression of betaC1 protein differentially regulates host genes ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Geminiviruses are emerging plant pathogens that infect a wide variety of crops including cotton, cassava, vegetables, ornamental plants and cereals. ... See all stories on this topic »  Construction of cassava-fed ethanol plant in Isabela frozen Malaya The project called for the planting of 2000 hectares to cassava. The rush to build ethanol plants was prompted by the passage of the Biofuesels Act which ... See all stories on this topic » Severe poverty would be reduced considerably by 2025 – Dr. Dan Mou Vanguard But notice that we know that processing Garri you need cassava. There are some raw materials you will request, so we don't just give money to Garri ... See all stories on this topic » Vanguard Modernising agriculture should be top priority New Vision ... shows that the eastern region is leading in production of the main food crops — maize, rice, finger millet, cow peas, sweet potatoes and cassava. ... See all stories on this topic » BizSpot: Wrigleyville's newest hangouts of 2010 ChicagoNow (blog) If you want to try something off the hot dog- and buffalo wing-route of many quick Wrigleyville eateries, Cassava at Clark and Roscoe streets is the perfect ... See all stories on this topic » Protest over giant land concession Phnom Penh Post ... Pursat province's Krakor district protested yesterday against the clearing of forest and farmlands for acacia and cassava plantations, villagers said. ... See all stories on this topic » Buka New York Times You may be eating fufu — the thick paste made of yam or cassava that is a West African staple — but you're doing so on formal high-backed chairs with ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times Major Food Producing Belt Road in Deplorable State Liberian Daily Observer On a recent visit to that area by our roaming reporter, the Daily Observer observed that rice, eddoes, potatoes, yams and cassava locally produced by the ... See all stories on this topic » Public-private venture proposed for bioplastic Bangkok Post The government has been pushing for a biodegradable plastic project since 2008 in order to add value to the country's cassava and sugar industries. ... See all stories on this topic » Saraki's grand operation feed the nation booms in Kwara Vanguard The Bukola Saraki led administration is also not relenting in the area of cassava initiative, cassava farmers are being encouraged and each of the local ... See all stories on this topic » Agro–business opportunities in Ekiti The Nation Newspaper The government through its agricultural initiative cleared over 2000 hectares of land for the cultivation of cassava, maize and rice, which resulted in a ... See all stories on this topic » New staple food needed for food security goals Jakarta Post In eastern Indonesia, people have traditionally consumed corn, cassava or sago as their daily staple food. Papuans, for example, used to eat primarily sago, ... See all stories on this topic » Agricultural commodity prices remain flat Accra Daily Mail Prices of gari, cassava (fresh tubers), groundnuts, rice, among others, registered average price drops. The average price per kilo in seven markets for ... See all stories on this topic » Ayala Malls' Criss-mas attraction Manila Standard Today Pancit, pan de sal, bibingka and cassava cake,” he says. The 23-year-old half-Irish, half-Filipino actor and singer is very charming and talks a ... See all stories on this topic » Improving cassava in St. Louis St. Louis American By Andrew Fowler for The St. Louis American The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is making major improvements in the agriculture of cassava, a crop that ... See all stories on this topic » St. Louis American

November farm prices surge Bangkok Post Last month saw the price index for food and field crops such as rice, maize and cassava rise by 17% year-on-year, the oil crop index 52% and the index for ... See all stories on this topic »

US$ 13.5 million IFAD grant to boost cassava, maize and rice development in Togo ReliefWeb (press release) The PADAT will help to raise productivity of small-scale growers of three staple food crops: cassava, maize and rice; and enhance value-added/marketing of ... See all stories on this topic »

Reps back Fed Govt on Tokunbo vehicles, others The Nation Newspaper The House of Representatives on Tuesday backed President Goodluck Jonathan on his recent lifting of ban on the importation of textiles, furniture, cassava ... See all stories on this topic »

My plans for Kogi, by Akanmode The Nation Newspaper In those day cassava was supposed to be food crops, because it wasn't meant for anything, apart from garri. But today, apart from garri, we can get cassava ... See all stories on this topic »

7 stories that changed Bangkok in 2010 CNNGo.com To combat a plague of mealybugs threatening Thailand's lucrative US$1.5 billion cassava crop, this July scientists unleashed an emergency army of 250000 ... See all stories on this topic »

Bill Gates and the Cassava That Could Save Africa Minyanville.com Cassava is the primary staple crop for over 250 million sub-Saharan Africans. However, cassava is also hopelessly devoid of the nutrients necessary to those ... See all stories on this topic »
As Bermudian As Cassava Pie … Bernews 21), highlighting the fact cassava pie is the piece de resistance of the Yule dinner. “This is a Bermudian dish, and it's actually not really a pie at all,” ... See all stories on this topic » Bernews
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Indonesia's "less rice" campaign floundering (Feature) Monsters and Critics.com The drive seeks to encourage Indonesians to include other staples such as cassava in their regular meals as part of the government's efforts to diversify ... See all stories on this topic »
In Sierra Leone, Boost for Waterloo Bread Sellers Awareness Times By Dauda Koroma Cassava bread sellers at Waterloo on Wednesday 15th December 2010 received donation from a non governmental organization called Peri and ... See all stories on this topic »
Oyo: 12000 women acquire agro skills The Nation Newspaper It is aimed at helping particularly housewives and rural women on how to use common agricultural products such as cassava, fruits and palm kernel to make ... See all stories on this topic »  From torta to tarts: Good seeds bear good fruits Inquirer.net They tried to capture the “pasalubong” market and started selling cassava cake and bar cakes such as brownies and butter scotch. “It took a lot of patience ... See all stories on this topic » Solution for materials and industrial production VOVNews.vn Vietnam has the potential to develop biofuel from producing cassava, corn and sugar which can replace oil and gas. In addition, the country has a lot of ... See all stories on this topic » VOVNews.vn Indonesia seeks to wean people of rice Radio Australia The Indonesian welfare ministry has suggested people eat other carbohydrates, like corn and cassava, instead of rice. The question is whether substituting ... See all stories on this topic » Thai Street Food, the book The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Full-page photos of street vendors, markets and stalls; mouth-watering golden dumplings, crunchy prawn cakes, crab wonton and barbecue pork soup, cassava ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Illegal logging could bring possible disaster for Bogor Jakarta Post The only vegetation left in the national park today are banana trees, cassava and fruit-bearing plants that would stand little chance in holding the soil ... See all stories on this topic » Indonesia seeks to wean people of rice Radio Australia Recently, the Welfare Ministry suggested people eat other carbohydrates, like corn and cassava, instead of rice. But will substituting one carbohydrate for ... See all stories on this topic » Ginebra taps cassava farmers in Guimaras BusinessWorld Online BY FRANCIS ALLAN L. ANGELO, Correspondent ILOILO CITY -- A liquor company is tapping a farmers' group to plant cassava in Guimaras Island to augment the ... See all stories on this topic » War on crop disease yields a better diet Financial Times The first sign of an attack is a yellow pattern spreading across the leaves of cassava plants, the region's staple crop. Starved of nutrients, the roots ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times Private sector urged to venture into growing cassava industry Visayan Daily Star The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit 6 is urging the private sector to consider investing in the cassava production industry, a government ... See all stories on this topic » Playing politics with the Nigerian economyI thought Nigeria Daily Independent These goods include furniture, textile materials, tooth pick, matches, cassava, energy drinks and vehicles that are less than 15 years old. ... See all stories on this topic » China, Cambodia ink deals during PM's official visit EastDay.com Hun Sen told the Xinhua News Agency that "in the past, we signed rice export agreements with China already, and we hope to sign the cassava exports to China ... See all stories on this topic » Giant for Christmas Fiji Times 69-year old, Taufiq Mohammed with his six-year-old giant cassava that was uprooted from his farm at Tacirua yesterday. Picture: JONE LUVENITOGA MOHAMMED ... See all stories on this topic » Cut down on rice, Indonesians told Healthcare Today In rice-growing areas of Java, the grain is seen as having a noble place in society, and other carbohydrate sources (such as cassava) are associated with ... See all stories on this topic » AMA: Buy local produce Fiji Times He said root crops like cassava and dalo were cheaper than buying potatoes. Mr Nath said the authority was in the process of supplying cassava to ... See all stories on this topic » How E/Region marked Farmers' Day Modern Ghana Teye, who is into cocoa and cassava cultivation, took home five cutlasses, wellington boots, a half piece of cloth, bicycle, spraying machine, ... See all stories on this topic » China and Cambodia: cassava diplomacy Financial Times (blog) But perhaps most notable was talk of a deal for China to buy Cambodia's cassava. The root vegetable is widely used in cooking in Africa and South America, ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times (blog) Cassava crops poised for growth Phnom Penh Post Ke Vanna, 50, sells cassava yesterday at Deum Kor market in Phnom Penh's Tuol Kork district. DOMESTIC cassava production is set to rise nearly nine percent ... See all stories on this topic » Project unleashes high yielding cassava seed Nation Online The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-Malawi), under its Unleashing the Power of Cassava in Africa (Upoca) project on Thursday launched ... See all stories on this topic » Asia, newest slant in FTIB's optimism Island Business Or, something that interests the Fiji market more, what if this 0.5 percent of Shanghai's population all bought Fiji-made cassava-based soup thickener ... See all stories on this topic » Eastern unit plans P1.8-B ethanol facility Manila Bulletin The facility will utilize cassava as feedstock. ERFC2 is an affiliate of Eastern Petroleum Corporation which is also programming capital outlay of P400 ... See all stories on this topic » Heavy cake to top the bill at culinary show Cayman News Service Instead, they transformed readily available—cassava, coconut milk, spices and cornstarch into a traditional treat that is still revered today. ... See all stories on this topic » Tz cassava growers boosted East African Business Week DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - About 26000 Tanzanian cassava small scale growers are set to benefit from Phase II of the four-year cassava project which aims to ... See all stories on this topic » Cassava production yields 4000 jobs The Trinidad Guardian Approximately 4000 jobs are expected to be created in the cassava industry next year as agriculture stakeholders move to ramp up production. ... See all stories on this topic » Hun Sen expects stronger Sino-Cambodian friendship ties People's Daily Online "Fourteen agreements will be signed with China, possibly the 15th agreement on exporting cassava from Cambodia will also be signed" during his visit, ... See all stories on this topic » Clean energy's dirty side BusinessWorld Online The plant-based petroleum substitute comes either as bioethanol, from fermented vegetable mass--mainly sugarcane, corn, cassava or potatoes--or as biodiesel ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessWorld Online Rwanda records surplus harvest, 8.2 pc growth East African Improved seeds for maize, wheat, Irish potatoes and cassava cuttings increased farming to approximately 40 per cent of the country's arable land which now ... See all stories on this topic » East African Sing Bingo Releases Jukebox Jumble Bingo Port Sing bingo is a fairly new bingo site, brought to you by Cassava enterprises. The design of this bingo site is colourful and spacious with some fabulous ... See all stories on this topic » Indonesians 'in need to diversify diets' AFP "Indonesia produces 66 kinds of other carbohydrates, such as corn, sago, cassava, sweet potato, potato and others. These all can replace rice for two out of ... See all stories on this topic » Childhood in war-torn Liberia still drives Tamba Hali Kansas City Star Some days, he'd watch men as they went on a hunt; one day, he watched a woman using a giant mortar and pestle to grind cassava leaves — which are delicious ... See all stories on this topic » Lifting of ban on textiles, others, tragic for local industries, Labour Vanguard ... has faulted Government lifting of ban on the importation of textile materials, furniture, toothpicks and cassava products while raising the age limit on ... See all stories on this topic » Dong Nai farmers embrace new technology Viet Nam News Pham Minh Dao, director of its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said all rice, corn, sugarcane, and bean farmers and 90 per cent of cassava ... See all stories on this topic » Lack of casava markets worries farmers Fiji Times ABOUT $150000 worth of matured cassava plants in a district of Macuata remain standing in farms because of the inability to secure markets. ... See all stories on this topic » Farmers in Samar complain of P2 increase for NFA rice Philippine Information Agency The farmer added he plants cassava and has also to eat rice from time to time. "Diri man nababahugan an bilanghoy, kinahanglan mayda liwat bugas," said the ... See all stories on this topic » Ogun, China begin begin industrial park devt Vanguard ... State on December 8, 2010 came to cement investment deals in paper and pulp manufacturing, solar energy, winery, cassava processing and hospitality. ... See all stories on this topic » Ministry introduces new varieties of cassava Ghana News Agency 8, GNA - The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has introduced three new varieties of cassava that yielded between 43-49 tons per hectare as compared to the ... See all stories on this topic » Candidate Gives 12-Hectare Cassava Garden to Voters TMCnet ... for Olio sub-county in Serere district, Robert Agwau, has given a 12-hectare cassava plantation to the electorate in Oburin and Akoboi parishes. ... See all stories on this topic » Cassava gives farmers lifeline Nation Online Cassava value-addition in Africa, including Malawi, has offered women farmers another income stream that is improving livelihoods and food security. ... See all stories on this topic » Itochu to participate in bio-ethanol production business with PetroVietnam Trading Markets (press release) The project plans to start commercial operation from spring 2012 using cassava, a well-grown crop in the region as feedstock, aiming production of around ... See all stories on this topic » Rwanda: Musoni Tours Ruhango Development Initiatives AllAfrica.com Musoni was particularly impressed by rural development activities in the area, such as land consolidation, cassava and rice production and the ... See all stories on this topic » Mozambique: Plan for 2011 Envisages 7.2 Per Cent Growth AllAfrica.com The great bulk of this is cassava. Cassava production is expected to rise by 9.5 per cent to reach 10.7 million tonnes. The 2011 grain harvest is forecast ... See all stories on this topic » World's Top Cassava Researchers Meet to Address the Challenge of Climate Change PR-USA.net (press release) Co-Founders of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century Dr. Claude Fauquet, Principal Investigator at the Danforth Plant Science Center and ... See all stories on this topic » Tests on foods Fiji Times A VARIETY of local food crops including cassava and rice are undergoing tests in an effort to create a species resilient to climate change. ... See all stories on this topic » Kogi 2011: What I want to do differently –Akanmode Daily Sun In those days cassava was supposed to be food crops, because it wasn't meant for anything, apart from garri, but today from cassava apart from garri, ... See all stories on this topic » 'Backwarding and forwarding' NEXT A few years ago, Nigeria was described as a top producer of cassava. In fact, during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ... See all stories on this topic » Textile Union Flays Lift Of Ban On Importation Nigerian Observer It said the recent lifting of the ban on textiles, furniture, toothpicks and cassava products as well as the increase in the age limit of imported used ... See all stories on this topic » US Agency Funds Cassava Value Addition in Africa allvoices In a statement by the Program Manager, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA-UPoCA) Braima James he said that cassava value addition in ... See all stories on this topic » Fantastic Promotions at Foxy Bingo Bingo Port Foxybingo.com has been brought to you by Cassava Enterprises who are one of the most trusted gamings industries around. The design and layout of this bingo ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Itochu takes part in Vietnam ethanol project with PetroVietnam Platts The project plans to start commercial operation of a cassava-based ethanol plant with a production capacity of around 100000 kiloliters (629000 ... See all stories on this topic » Rwanda tackles population growth MinnPost.com Where lush foliage once stood, women toil in the midday sun, tilling plots of beans, potatoes and cassava as their children scamper in and out of scattered ... See all stories on this topic » Africa: Cassava commercialization boosts framers' income Afrique en Ligue Lagos, Nigeria - Women farmers from several African countries now have access to another sources of income through the cassava value addition chain ... See all stories on this topic » Nkwanta-North honours 23 farmers GhanaWeb ... 26 acres of cassava, yam, maize, groundnuts and also rears pigs. Mr Abraham Sando became the Best Disabled Farmer with 1.5 acres of cassava farm. 4 Dec. 10. See all stories on this topic » Textile union flays governmenton importation NEXT It said that the recent lifting of ban on textile materials, furniture, toothpicks, and cassava products and the raise in the age limit of imported used ... See all stories on this topic » Geko- Sierra Leone donates 5.5 acres of Cassava farm Awoko A German Cooperation organization (Geko- Sierra Leone) has donated two grater machines, assorted tool kits with 5.5 acres cassava farm to farmers in Rogbin ... See all stories on this topic » Cassava commercialization gives farmers a lifeline ReliefWeb (press release) Cassava value addition in Africa has offered women farmers another income stream, improving livelihoods and food security, and making them smile, ... See all stories on this topic » World's Top Cassava Researchers Meet to Address the Challenge of Climate Change PRLog.Org (press release) PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 02, 2010 – Co-Founders of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century Dr. Claude Fauquet, Principal Investigator at the ... See all stories on this topic » Afigya Kwabre District celebrates farmers with colourful durbar Myjoyonline.com District Chief Executive for Afigya Kwabre, Kaakyeire Oppong-Kyekeyeku said the district has comparative advantage in maize, plantain, cassava, ... See all stories on this topic » Why I Lifted Ban On Goods – Jonathan P.M. News Finance Minister, Mr. Olusegun Aganga had last Monday lifted the ban placed on products like toothpicks cassava, furniture and textile materials into the ... See all stories on this topic » Nigeria: Publisher Holds Party Over Shoneyin's Novel AllAfrica.com The event, is organised by Cassava Republic Press and is presented in collaboration with the French Cultural Centre. It will feature music, ... See all stories on this topic » Nigeria: Textile, Car, Cassava Imports - Committee Points Right, FG Veers Left AllAfrica.com The memo from Finance Ministry said, "The products are cassava, toothpicks, furniture, textile fabrics and articles thereof (African prints- (printed ... See all stories on this topic » Cassava industry gets boost Visayan Daily Star BY LISA GAPAC About P30 million will be infused monthly to cassava growers of Negros Occidental for their produce to be used for the production of alcohol ... See all stories on this topic » Don charges National Assembly on cassava bill Nigerian Compass (blog) Speaking at the Farmers' Field Day organised in Igbaga, Ijebu East Local Government Area as part of the activities of Cassava: Adding Value to Africa ... See all stories on this topic » Stolen produce could threaten buyers' health Bermuda Sun The main items being taken are bananas, oranges and grapefruits, carrots, pumpkin, cassava and sweet potatoes. Anyone who buys the stolen goods, however, ... See all stories on this topic » In Sierra Leone, Geko Boosts Agriculture in Bombali. Awareness Times In a Four-day training exercise in cassava processing and preservation for beneficiary farmers, Councilor Mamoud Kargbo of the Rogbin Ward in Constituency ... See all stories on this topic » Bio-pesticide from tapioca developed Express Buzz THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) at Sreekaryam, here, has developed a bio-pesticide for field pests from Cassava ... See all stories on this topic » $1-M noodle plant eyed BusinessWorld Online The Visayas State University-PhilRootcrops will provide the seedlings for cassava and sweet potato, as well as technical expertise. ... See all stories on this topic » Uganda: Sh2.3 Billion Cassava Scheme Faces Challenges AllAfrica.com MARY Ogwal beams with a prolonged smile as she inspects her cassava garden. She is the proud owner of the 10 acre cassava multiplication garden located in ... See all stories on this topic » Maize and cassava crop guarantees extended Bangkok Post The Agriculture Ministry has extended the income guarantee programme for maize and cassava to help planters affected by recent floods. ... See all stories on this topic » Vietnam's exports see breakthrough in 2010 VOVNews.vn Only crude oil, cassava, and cassava products recorded lower revenues compared to the same period last year. According to inter-ministerial statistics ... See all stories on this topic » Cameroon: Parliamentarians Preoccupied With Food Production AllAfrica.com Cameroon's Members of Parliament last November 26 expressed worries about food production in the country with focus on rice, cassava and the fact that ... See all stories on this topic » Gold rush for African consumers speeds up Financial Times While a bottle of Heineken will taste just as it does in Amsterdam, local brews and foodstuffs include ingredients such as cassava and sorghum. ... See all stories on this topic » You need Slfless Leaders Uganda Media Centre While responding to the people's problem of cassava Mossaic and floods, he said those were temporary problems and as usual the government intervenes in ... See all stories on this topic » Uganda Media Centre