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 ...

Cassava leaves represent a substantial by-product of the global cassava root harvest and are increasingly recognised as a valuable source of protein, vitamins, minerals and bioactive phytochemicals.

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, ...

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 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 ...

We tend to only eat it at Christmas time but cassava is a good root crop to eat for energy, any time of the year. And you can get it fresh from local farmers. Most of us buy the packaged stuff but ...

When I first encountered a cassava plant, it was love at first sight, and over the years, my affection for this graceful and highly useful perennial has only increased. Inside the US, cassava is ...

Despite these wonderful attributes, cassava is considered a poor person's food and was named among the most dangerous foods to eat. The danger lies in the chemicals called cyanogenic glycosides found ...