Oct 31, 2014

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Dot Earth | Can Genetics and Breeding Do for Cassava What They've Done For ...

New York Times (blog) - ‎23-10-2014‎
Buckler uses genomics and statistical genetics to understand and dissect complex traits in maize, biofuel grasses, cassava and grapes.

How the Gates Foundation Is Making Cassava the Next Corn

Smithsonian - ‎24-10-2014‎
You may know cassava as the tapioca thickener in your pie or the bubbles in your tea, but for millions of people worldwide it is a staple food.

Finance Minister hails $150m cassava investment by Red Stripe

Jamaica Observer - ‎28-10-2014‎
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A $150 million invested by Red Stripe in local cassava production, to cut much of its imported raw material to its brewery, has been hailed as a move to make Jamaica more competitive and reduce the debt burden.

Cyanide test for cassava

Royal Society of Chemistry - ‎23-10-2014‎
Cassava, an edible root that grows well in poor conditions, is the third largest source of calories for people in the tropics.

How Cassava Could Boost Food Security

AllAfrica.com - ‎27-10-2014‎
AS the World Food Day is just concluded, the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFCN) has published a cassava recipes book in its bid to boost food security, incomes of farmers and small-scale processors and increase employment opportunities for large ...

Vitamin A cassava becoming popular

GhanaWeb - ‎25-10-2014‎
The bio-fortified cassava, rich in vitamin A, is becoming widespread in Africa, driven by increasing awareness of its health and nutrition benefits.

A story on Vitamin A cassava as a game changer

GhanaWeb - ‎24-10-2014‎
The bio-fortified cassava which is rich in vitamin A is becoming widespread in Africa, driven by increasing awareness of its health and nutrition benefits; and the variety is changing the description of cassava - a root crop often referred to as ...

A tented city in a cassava field: MSF's newest Ebola treatment centre in Bo ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International - ‎15-10-2014‎
A few weeks ago: a cassava field. Today: a gleaming tented city, as incongruous as a spaceship amidst the surrounding scrubland.

Ministry of Agric, BoI Partner on Cassava Intervention Fund

THISDAY Live - ‎27-10-2014‎
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Bank of Industry, BoI for the establishment of 10 rice milling and six cassava processing plants at the cost of N13.6 billion, to be sited in ...

More cassava processing plants under construction

VietNamNet Bridge - ‎26-10-2014‎
The cassava growing area in the central province of Dak Lak been increasing rapidly in the last few years, from 24,000 hectares in 2009 to 31,000 hectares in 2011 and 32,000 hectares in 2014, which is expected to bring 1 million tons of fresh cassava ...

Ministry tackles cassava glut

Bangkok Post - ‎12-10-2014‎
"We're proposing the government use more cassava to make ethanol, from 4-5 million tonnes a year to possibly 10 million tonnes this year.

Vitamin a Cassava As a Game Changer to "Africa's Best Kept Secret"

Premium Times - ‎22-10-2014‎
The bio-fortified cassava which is rich in vitamin A is becoming widespread in Africa, driven by increasing awareness of its health and nutrition benefits; and the variety is changing the description of cassava - a root crop often referred to as ...

Cassava needs Q4 catch-up

The Phnom Penh Post - ‎23-10-2014‎
Cassava industry officials have brushed off concerns over an industry-wide slowdown amid the release of third-quarter export data.

Cassava processor attributes high cost of production to inadequate power supply

The Guardian Nigeria - ‎21-10-2014‎
AN Agro Processor, Mrs Nike Tinubu, who produces and processes cassava into flour, on Tuesday attributed the high cost of production to inadequate power supply.

Cassava shapes up as an alternative source for starch sweeteners

FoodNavigator.com - ‎08-10-2014‎
New research led by Du Pont Industrial Biosciences concludes that enzyme technology currently used with maize and wheat could be applied far more widely to cassava root starch to produce sweeteners such as glucose, fructose and maltose.

Cassava Flour Policy Saves Nigeria N127 Billion Annually

Vanguard - ‎02-10-2014‎
THE Federal Government's policy on the use of 20 per cent High Quality Cassava Flour, HQCF, for baking bread saves the nation N127 billion annually.

Red Stripe to invest US$10m in cassava for beer production

Jamaica Observer - ‎09-10-2014‎
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Local brewing company, Red Stripe, has said that it will invest US$10 million over the next five years to set up a cassava supply chain, as it moves to use the tuber to offset barley imports utilised in beer production. “It is not ...

Philippines: Cassava, food of the future

FreshPlaza - ‎14-10-2014‎
It is one of the ingredients for animal compounding; it also used to produce liquor, an alternative raw material to molasses; it can also be used to make glucose, fructose, lactose, substitute for sucrose in making beverages; for medicine, cassava is ...

FG To Establish 10 Integrated Rice Mills, 6 Cassava Processing Plants

Daily Times Nigeria - ‎23-10-2014‎
In an efforts to boost rice and cassava production in Nigeria, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akin wumi Adesina, on Thursday said that the Federal Government would establish 10 integrated rice mills and six cassava plants in 16 ...

Cassava Flour Saving Nigeria $773.2m Annually

Ventures Africa - ‎05-10-2014‎
VENTURES AFRICA - Nigeria's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said the country's policy on the use of 20 percent High Quality Cassava Flour, HQCF, for baking bread saves the nation N127 billion ($773.2 million) billion. The ministry's ...
 
 
 
 

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