Jul 5, 2014

Cassava News 112


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Food Crops, Vietnam Africa Cassava Rice, Cassava in Vietnam.
Update of Cassava News from  07 June to 04 July, 2014.

Cassava in Ghana: save and grow

Recommendation for further development cassava in Ghana
    

Caught Out Twice Eating Raw Cassava

The Observer - ‎03-07-2014‎
One time, we were sent to the garden to collect cassava tubers from under the big mango tree for peeling next to the headmistress' residence.

Nigeria: Cassava Farmers Cooperative Union enters agreement to boost ...

FreshPlaza - ‎02-07-2014‎
Nigeria: Cassava Farmers Cooperative Union enters agreement to boost production. The Cassava Farmers Cooperative Union (BCFCU) in Borno, said it had entered into an agreement with Union Bank Plc toward boosting cassava production in the state.

Union Collaborates With Bank On Cassava Production In Borno

Leadership Newspapers - ‎29-06-2014‎
Cassava Farmers Cooperative Union (BCFCU) in Borno, on Sunday, said it had entered into an agreement with Union Bank Plc toward boosting cassava production in the state. The President of BCFCU, Alhaji Al-amin Umara, made the disclosure when he ...

Hope rises for cassava beer, as IFDC, Psaltry, Nigerian Breweries sign MoU to ...

WorldStage - ‎02-07-2014‎
WorldStage Newsonline-- International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), Psaltry International, Ltd., a Nigerian cassava processor and Nigerian Breweries, a subsidiary of Heineken have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote ...

Cassava Production: Union Partners Bank

Nigerian Observer - ‎02-07-2014‎
Maiduguri - The Cassava Farmers Cooperative Union (BCFCU) in Borno, said it had entered into an agreement with Union Bank Plc toward boosting cassava production in the state. The President of BCFCU, Alhaji Al-amin Umara, made the disclosure when ...

IITA pupils donate cassava processing equipment to women

Nigerian Tribune - ‎30-06-2014‎
Pupils of the staff school of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have donated a cassava processing machine and working shed to Anu Oluwa Cassava Processing Centre, Shasa, Ojoo area of Ibadan metropolis, as part of their ...

Cuban ambassador tours Barbados cassava projects

SKNVibes.com - ‎25-06-2014‎
Bridgetown, Barbados 23 June 2014 - In its ongoing effort to address the region's mounting $US4 billion plus annual food import bill, the Food and Agriculture Organization, in close collaboration with other regional agricultural agencies, has ...

IFDC, Nigerian Breweries Collaborate on Cassava for Beer Production

THISDAY Live - ‎22-06-2014‎
The International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian Breweries and Psaltry International Limited to promote production of cassava in commercial quality. The agreement was aimed at ...

Cassava Flour Usage Can Produce Three Million Jobs- IITA

Daily Times Nigeria - ‎25-06-2014‎
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has said that the use of cassava flour in bakery products can help in the creation of three million jobs in Nigeria if strictly used by bakers in the country.

Farmers, community undergo seminar on cassava-growing

Philippine Information Agency - ‎28-06-2014‎
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, June 29 (PIA) - Members of the Rural Improvement Club (RIC) and Association of Farmers participated in a seminar to learn the technology on cassava planting in this municipality. Cassava, locally known as balanghoy, ranks second to ...

Cassava Researchers Fold Under Industry Pressure

AllAfrica.com - ‎10-06-2014‎
A scientific study showing possible links between eating cassava and visual defects was retracted due to pressure from business interests, a group of scientists has admitted.

Court Sentences Four in Cassava Theft Ring

The Cambodia Daily (subscription) - ‎26-06-2014‎
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday sentenced four men—three in absentia—to one year in jail and ordered them to pay $1,000 total to the Pheapimex Company after finding them guilty of breach of trust for stealing 50 tons of dried cassava, said ...

Bite Into a World Cup Snack of Brazilian Cassava and Cheese Buns

Jakarta Globe - ‎15-06-2014‎
Cassava is a source of carbohydrates in many developing tropical countries, after rice and corn. The leaves are often used as a side dish in local cuisine, such as sayur ubi tumbuk, which is famous in Padang, West Sumatra, consisting of delicious ...

Cassava farmers, traders, processors linked to e-market

Nigerian Tribune - ‎09-06-2014‎
A major milestone in the establishment of a sustainable market for vitamin-A cassava products was accomplished when major players and investors along the vitamin A cassava value chain were linked to the HarvestPlus-Nigeria's e-market portal at a ...

Central Highlands loses forestland to cassava fields

VietNamNet Bridge - ‎20-06-2014‎
VietNamNet Bridge - Deforestation in the Central Highlands has reached at an alarming level in the Chumomray National Park and Ngoc Linh Natural Sanctuary where farmers have cut down trees to plant cassava, analysts have said. Central Highlands ...

Strategic plan for T&T's cassava

Trinidad Guardian - ‎10-06-2014‎
Between 2005 to 2009, T&T's imports of staples averaged 236,700 tonnes at a value of almost $700 million annually. This represents 29 per cent of the country's total food import bill.

Cassava Farmers Lament Non-implementation of MoU on Cultivation

THISDAY Live - ‎11-06-2014‎
Farmers under the aegis of Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) have decried the non- implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the association with the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) for the release of loan to cultivate ...

Executive Chairman of Cool Group Joe Issa Backs Economic Impact of Cassava ...

Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) - ‎20-06-2014‎
Joe Issa, Executive Chairman of Cool Group of Companies says in an interview that Cassava can have a significant economic impact in replacing imported wheat through the saving of much needed foreign exchange, creation of business opportunities for ...

From Beer to Insurance: Businesses Bet on Climate Change

Bayoubuzz - ‎07-06-2014‎
Yuca rots quickly. "In practice, it's a nightmare," said Andres Penate, a spokesman for SABMiller. So the brewer helped create a mobile unit that's used to process the crop on the farm.

Pailin to get feed mill

Feed Machinery - ‎cách đây 1 giờ‎
Kea said that the plant can store up to 60,000 tonnes of dried cassava and corn and it is not only for the benefit of his pig farm as local farmers can also take advantage of the facilities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Jun 26, 2014

Cassava News 111


 

Update of Cassava News from 27 May to 26 June, 2014. Vietnam cassava achievement and learnt lessons.   Cassava in Ghana: Bibliography    Selection and development of hybrid cassava variety KM 419,  Food Crops News, Food Crops, FoodCrops.VN; CassavaViet, CNM365 Chào ngày mới, Cây Lương thực, Học mỗi ngày, Tin Nông nghiệp Việt Nam 

Cuban ambassador tours Barbados cassava projects

SKNVibes.com - ‎cách đây 11 giờ‎
Bridgetown, Barbados 23 June 2014 - In its ongoing effort to address the region's mounting $US4 billion plus annual food import bill, the Food and Agriculture Organization, in close collaboration with other regional agricultural agencies, has ...

Cassava Flour Usage Can Produce Three Million Jobs- IITA

Daily Times Nigeria - ‎cách đây 15 giờ‎
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has said that the use of cassava flour in bakery products can help in the creation of three million jobs in Nigeria if strictly used by bakers in the country.

Much Ado About Cassava Bread

Vanguard - ‎23-06-2014‎
This was the centre-piece of the one-day stakeholders' forum jointly organised by the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, NIFST, Cassava: Adding Value for Africa, C:AVA, a project of the Natural Resources Institute, University of ...

IFDC, Nigerian Breweries Collaborate on Cassava for Beer Production

THISDAY Live - ‎22-06-2014‎
The International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian Breweries and Psaltry International Limited to promote production of cassava in commercial quality. The agreement was aimed at ...

Bite Into a World Cup Snack of Brazilian Cassava and Cheese Buns

Jakarta Globe - ‎15-06-2014‎
Cassava is a source of carbohydrates in many developing tropical countries, after rice and corn. The leaves are often used as a side dish in local cuisine, such as sayur ubi tumbuk, which is famous in Padang, West Sumatra, consisting of delicious ...

Executive Chairman of Cool Group Joe Issa Backs Economic Impact of Cassava ...

Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) - ‎20-06-2014‎
Joe Issa, Executive Chairman of Cool Group of Companies says in an interview that Cassava can have a significant economic impact in replacing imported wheat through the saving of much needed foreign exchange, creation of business opportunities for ...

Central Highlands loses forestland to cassava fields

VietNamNet Bridge - ‎20-06-2014‎
VietNamNet Bridge - Deforestation in the Central Highlands has reached at an alarming level in the Chumomray National Park and Ngoc Linh Natural Sanctuary where farmers have cut down trees to plant cassava, analysts have said. Central Highlands ...

Cassava researchers fold under industry pressure

SciDev.Net - ‎10-06-2014‎
The study, published in the African Journal of Food Science in January, tested for visual acuity and colour blindness in people who regularly eat gari, a cassava flour eaten across West Africa. It concluded that there was a “high prevalence” of visual ...

Cassava farmers, traders, processors linked to e-market

Nigerian Tribune - ‎09-06-2014‎
A major milestone in the establishment of a sustainable market for vitamin-A cassava products was accomplished when major players and investors along the vitamin A cassava value chain were linked to the HarvestPlus-Nigeria's e-market portal at a ...

Cassava Farmers Lament Non-implementation of MoU on Cultivation

THISDAY Live - ‎11-06-2014‎
Farmers under the aegis of Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) have decried the non- implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the association with the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) for the release of loan to cultivate ...

Strategic plan for T&T's cassava

Trinidad Guardian - ‎10-06-2014‎
Between 2005 to 2009, T&T's imports of staples averaged 236,700 tonnes at a value of almost $700 million annually. This represents 29 per cent of the country's total food import bill.

Cambodia: Cassava exports drop $25M in first 4 months

FreshPlaza - ‎28-05-2014‎
A+ | A-. Cambodia: Cassava exports drop $25M in first 4 months. Cassava exports dropped by about $25 million during the first four months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Commerce on Monday.

From Beer to Insurance: Businesses Bet on Climate Change

Bayoubuzz - ‎07-06-2014‎
Yuca rots quickly. "In practice, it's a nightmare," said Andres Penate, a spokesman for SABMiller. So the brewer helped create a mobile unit that's used to process the crop on the farm.

Funaab to Collaborate on Cassava Improvement

AllAfrica.com - ‎27-05-2014‎
Earlier, Director of Grants Management, Dr. Kolawole Adebayo in his explanation of the project content said, "FUNAAB is expected to work on soil fertility for cassava farms; IFDC is going to contribute on the fertilizer aspect in terms of which is the ...

High on cassava, village Casanova nabbed raiding neighbour's 'kraal'

The Standard Digital News - ‎02-06-2014‎
Besides bringing couples closer to each other, literally, the wet and cold season is a boon to farmers. Cassavas have increasingly become so commonplace in my neck of the woods.

Cassava fuel plant study now one year in

The Phnom Penh Post - ‎27-05-2014‎
Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Oil & Gas is considering building a biomass plant in Battambang province to use cassava to produce fuel, a Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC) official says. Leng Chreang, director of mine risk education at CMAC, ...

Population typing of the causal agent of cassava bacterial blight in the ...

7thSpace Interactive (press release) - ‎19-06-2014‎
Population typing of the causal agent of cassava bacterial blight in the Eastern Plains of Colombia using two types of molecular markers.

DA Caraga empowers women through livelihood training

Philippine Information Agency - ‎23-06-2014‎
The AgriPinoy Corn Program is currently promoting value adding products utilizing cassava through cooking demo livelihood training in which the second batch was held in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur last June 17, 2014.

Entertainment Briefs: Clay Chambers and the Last Ride performs locally for the ...

Longview Daily News - ‎cách đây 4 giờ‎
M. Kay Powell will read from her novel “Surviving Justice” during the Wordfest meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cassava, 1333 Broadway in Longview. The novel is based on the true account of two women thrown together in brutal circumstances who form ...

I Have Laid Solid Foundation for Anambra, Says Obiano

THISDAY Live - ‎cách đây 2 giờ‎
The committee, he noted had responded with a blue print titled: “Agricultural Transformation in Anambra State” which among other recommendations identified the specific parts of the state suitable for rice, maize and cassava production and also ...
 

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