The consumption of cassava, a vital staple food for more than 1 billion people worldwide,
holds particular significance in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Expansion in cassava production …

Cassava is a source of carbohydrates to more than 200 million people in Sub-Saharan
Africa, even though its production is 6–8 t ha− 1, which is below the highest world production …

Soils in areas affected by konzo (a cassava cyanide intoxication paralytic disorder) are
predominantly infertile and probably unable to supply cultivated cassava with the nutrients it …

Cassava is cheap enough to be grown by both the poor and rich farmers in Africa and
elsewhere. It is the second most important food security crop in Zambia, next to maize …

This study investigated the proximate, cyanide, and glycemic indices of roots and eba (gari
dough) made from improved cassava cultivars. Twenty cassava cultivars were obtained from …

The use of plant tissue analysis as a tool for attaining low cyanogenic glucoside levels in
cassava roots, has hardly been investigated. Just as the quality of crops is improved through …

This study was carried out to develop a green approach to synthesising sodium cyanide
(NaCN) using hydrogen cyanide (HCN) extracted from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) …

Appropriate rate and frequency of fertigation is important for the production of cassava
(Manihot esculenta Crantz). The present study investigated the effects of different fertigation …

Os parâmetros de qualidade de raízes de mandioca variam entre cultivares e em função de
fatores abióticos, como a nutrição das plantas. Porém, a magnitude com a qual esses …

Water deficit limits cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) productivity in drought-prone areas
and alters the nutritive quality of the crop. Potassium (K) may mitigate the effects of water …