Cassava

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava (), manioc, yuca, macaxeira, mandioca, aipim, and agbeli, is a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. Though it is often called yuca in parts of Spanish America and in the United States, it is not related to yucca, a shrub in the family Asparagaceae. Cassava is predominantly consumed in boiled form, but substantial quantities are used to extract cassava starch, called tapioca, …

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AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 2 March 2024 English

Women Biomass Producers: Energy’s Largest and Largely Invisible Workforce While much of the attention regarding the energy sector is paid to the workers (predominantly male) who labor in the oil …

Their staple food is rice but they also grow cassava and plantain. A 2021 World Bank study found that


DDN: Dundurn Press · 23 January 2024 English

Through luminescent light, ancestral paths, and a Caribbean spirit-inflected world, Naniki explores the musings and inner workings of the deep blue — the Caribbean Sea — and its shape-shifting sea …

fuh yuh Dancehall Bammy!] handing me a round cassava and red- coconut sandwich that’s vi- brating with time.” Papa passes us each a plate of steamed cassava and fish stew, as we sit on a box. He rests a


MiningWatch Canada · 11 December 2023 English

• On March 31, 2021, the General Manager of the North Mara Gold Mine requested of the Chief Government Valuer of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Devel- …

family grew on their land included staples, such as cassava, sweet potato, maize, and millet. People also kept Affected Persons (PAPs) including “taking off matured cassava” from their land.25 A father, living on land he


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English

It was recommended that land administration system should clearly state rights related to the use of government lands and allow land transactions such as the sale of rights of occupancy, …

labor contributes to resource use efficiency in cassava production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Table 7: Effects Determinants of Allocative (Pricing) Efficiency of Cassava Farms in Imo State, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English

Specifically, the study econometrically determined the factors influencing beef consumption in urban and peri-urban areas of the city; and found out whether there was a significant difference between urban and …

Major crops cultivated in the state include yam, cassava, maize, oil palm, banana and plantain. (Rivers technical determinants’ efficiencies’ differentials in cassava farms in Kogi State, Nigeria. 3.0 Results and Discussion


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English

Notwithstanding the enviable position of the oil sector in the Nigerian economy over the past three decades, the agricultural sector is arguably the most important sector of the economy. [...] …

and cash crops. The staples food crops include cassava, yams, corn, cocoyam, cowpea, beans, sweet potatoes palm-oil, maize, rice, sorghum, millet, groundnut, cassava, yam and rubber. The major livestock reared are


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English

The specific objectives of the study were to: identify the manifestations of poverty among the rural women, determine the level of economic poverty among the rural women and examine the …

Efficiency of Small Scale Farms: the Case Study of Cassava Farmers in Osun State of Nigeria. Olaitan, S. O


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English

The question is what is the impact of GESS on income of the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in the study area? What are the influences of socio economic characteristics of farmers …

soybeans, groundnuts, rice, millet, Beni seed and cassava (which is mostly exported in form of finished goods;


AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 1 October 2023 English

Jones is celebrated as the editor of the book, "Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation: Visions and Voices of Emerging Scholars." As part of this training, participants will: • Examine the …

the remarkable yet humble yam, sweet potato, cassava and other roots are forecast to create $140 billion drought better than cereals, legumes and vegetables. Cassava, in particular, is an unusual example of a food


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 20 July 2023

On the other hand, modernist models of youth employment posit that interest and participation of youths in agriculture and agribusiness can be cultivated through deliberately targeted and tailored policies and …

advantages in the production of crops including cassava, yam,rice, oil palm, tomato/vegetables, sweet potato fish farming 29.9%, followed by poultry 22.7%, cassava farming 16.1%, plantain cultivation 5.5% and piggery livestock-livestock enterprises such as cassava/yam/maize, cassava/vegetables, oil palm/cassava, fish farming/fish processing farming/snailery, fish farming/vegetables and poultry/cassava. The challenges expressed by youth agricultural outputs include 2,342.24MT of pig, 3,084.40MT of cassava roots, 1,572.79MT of grains, 862.16MT of plantain


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