About 72% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa has increased their dietary intake of carbohydrate foods in the last few years, particularly from the consumption of cassava products, including garri, eba, and fufu. However, this has resulted in a high glycemic index (GI) in the human body.
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The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr Ernest Umakhihe, has urged scientists and other stakeholders…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) early generation seed company, GoSeed says it made significant progress…
By Chiedozie Egesi The hardy root crop could be part of the solution to the grain supply challenges aggravated by…
The project Building Economically Sustainable Seed Systems for Cassava, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) organized a day-long National Cassava Business Summit to…
A researcher, Prof. Polycarp Okafor, has said metabolism of cassava cyanide does not play any significant role in chronic diseases…
A new seed system model developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the Project—Building an Economically Sustainable…
Women of Sheda Community in Kwali Area Council, Abuja, has taken up processing cassava into fufu as their occupation and…
Fayus Group, in collaboration with Shine Bridge Global (SBG) and Africa Global Schaffer (AfGS), are investing $159 million in Nigeria’s…
The Green Innovation Centers for Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) – Nigeria, has synergised with the Ibadan-based International Institute…