Efforts are being made to transform cassava leaves and waste into livestock feeds. This will be a big business for farmers, writes Daniel Essiet. Cassava is a staple food, which plays a major role in ...

Like potatoes and yams, it is a tuber crop. Cassava roots have a similar shape to sweet potatoes. People can also eat the leaves of the cassava plant. Humans living along the banks of the Amazon River ...

Cassava leaves are edible if cooked and contain up to 25% protein. The leaves are dark green with red highlights. They are shaped kind of like a hand with long pointy fingers; the stalk is kind of ...

Cassava leaves (Manihot esculenta) have emerged as a promising source of essential nutrients, comprising significant amounts of protein, vitamins, minerals and bioactive compounds. However, their ...

From the leaves of a familiar plant found in all of Vietnam, PhuTho locals create a rustic yet enticing specialty, versatile enough to be stir-fried, braised, or cooked into soups. In Phu Tho, ...

The Federal Government has commenced strategies to develop cassava leaves value chain into livestock feeds to curb farmers-herdsmen clashes in the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of ...

Cassava is the third-most important food source in tropical countries, but it has one major problem: The roots and leaves of poorly processed cassava plants contain a substance that, when eaten, can ...