But there’s a problem: Cassava is highly poisonous. How can cassava be so toxic, yet still dominate diets in Amazonia? It’s ...

NAROCAS 1 is a high-yielding cassava variety developed by the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and released ...

What makes cassava particularly treacherous is that some processing will reduce the bitter taste and the risk of immediate cyanide poisoning. However, only the full, time-consuming ritual can ...

However, raw cassava contains natural compounds that turn into cyanide, a deadly poison, when eaten. To make cassava safe to eat, it needs to be soaked and cooked thoroughly. If you ever plan to ...

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(Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard) A three-year-old child has died and another is fighting for her life after they ate poisonous cassava in Eshirembe village, Butere sub-county. The surviving child ...

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian Elizabeth Ohene considers the call of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni for people to eat the humble cassava as the price of wheat ...

BY BENJAMIN SAKWA Two children have died in Mumias West, Kakamega County, after eating poisonous cassava. And in Mwitoti village, Mumias East, seven family members were treated and discharged ...