COLUMBUS, Ohio – 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, ...

The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is held by a dark horse: cassava. Over the course of millennia, Indigenous ...

The legend behind why cassava makes us very sleepy/Courtesy M Martha Kemigisha On a typical Savannah day, blazing hot, dry and windy when most grass and plants are dried and many trees have shaded off ...

GUNUNG MAS, Indonesia, July 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T he stream that supplied Indah Lestari's family with fish has dwindled to a trickle since rainforest surrounding her farm was cleared by ...