Underutilized crops play an important role in sustainable food systems, especially in drought-stricken areas occasioned by climate change. These crops, particularly cassava have become a priority in Siaya County, Kenya. This is because of its adaptive nature in the region and its contribution to...

The main objective of the report is to develop business models on farming and/or processing of cassava, maize and plantain in Cote d'Ivoire that would help financial institutions to gain better knowledge of the value chains, to design appropriate financing products and to streamline the loan...

Improved and environmentally friendly agricultural waste management technology is needed to improve the environment and avoid some health issues as a result of poor waste management. Yet, its adoption is low and there is little documented work on the subject matter, especially in Nigeria....

Underutilized crops play an important role in sustainable food systems, especially in drought-stricken areas occasioned by climate change. These crops, particularly cassava have become a priority in Siaya County, Kenya. This is because of its adaptive nature in the region and its contribution to...

Cassava peeling machines are available but are inaccessible and prohibitively expensive, especially for small-scale processors to acquire. This paper examines the perception and willingness of smallholder cassava processors to pay for cassava peeling machine services using data from 300 cassava...

This study examined the effects of climate change adaptation practices on farm productivity in Nigeria with a view to determining the socio-economic factors influencing choice of climate change adaptation practices and checking if these practices affect cassava productivity in the study area....

This study focused on analyzing the determinants of technology upgrading and productivity growth in cassava production of farms in Dak Lak province from 2015 to 2018. Using the Data Envelopment Analysis method (DEA) to obtain the Malmquist indices of the total factor productivity (TFPCH) and...

In the Brazilian Southwestern Amazon, food security agriculture predominates in smallholder farms where cassava cultivation is conducted under conventional tillage (CT). This study investigated the impact of conservation agriculture on soil C content and organic matter (SOM) composition in an...

This study focused on analyzing the determinants of technology upgrading and productivity growth in cassava production of farms in Dak Lak province from 2015 to 2018. Using the Data Envelopment Analysis method (DEA) to obtain the Malmquist indices of the total factor productivity (TFPCH) and...

The paper assesses the potential impact of the adoption of improved cassava varieties on yields of smallholder farmers. Agricultural intensification is associated with increasing yields per hectare through the use of improved varieties. Studies have established the relationship between adoption...

This paper examines the drivers of Africa’s rapidly increasing cassava output using panel data for 37 African countries from 1961 to 2020 and the random effects regression. It analyses the influence of average yields per hectare and area harvested on annual cassava production. Since the 1960s,...

Thailand is a significant global exporter of cassava, of which cassava chips are the main export products. Moreover, China was the most important export market for Thailand from 2000 to 2020. However, during that period, Thailand confronted fluctuations in the cassava product price, and cassava...

Despite considerable improvement of food security in low- and middle-income countries over the last decades, food shortages remain persistent in sub-Saharan Africa. The driving forces are often related not only to climate change and other environmental hazards but also to socioeconomic and...

Production and optimization of culture medium composition as well as purification and characterization of alpha amylase from Aspergillus niger using TME 419 cassava peels as substrate was carried out during the course of this study. Proximate analysis of the dry weight cassava peels was 10.08%...

The Southern African region, from a purely biophysical perspective, has huge potential for biofuel production, especially in Mozambique and Zambia. Although many of the soils are sandy and acidic, with careful management and correct fertilization, they should be highly productive. We suggest...

This study employed the Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function to measure the level of technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 180 cassava farmers in the region and from this sample,...

According to the Thai Energy Efficiency Plan (EEP 2015), the government has set the target of 30% reduction in 2036 compared to the total energy consumption in 2010. The industry sector accounts for approximately 37% of the total energy consumption. Thai industries have been classified into 11...

This study demonstrates a method of providing ex-ante estimates of the distributional welfare effects of yield-increasing technology. We apply this approach to estimate the impact of a 10% increase in cassava yields in Nigeria. Using data from the 2012-13 Nigeria General Household Survey, we...

This study analyzed the compound growth rate (CGR) and the contributions of yield and area to cassava production output in Nigeria. In estimating the trend, the study factored into consideration, triennium ending (TE) to accommodate inter-year fluctuations. During the period, TE1970 – 1995,...

According to the Thai Energy Efficiency Plan (EEP 2015), the government has set the target of 30% reduction in 2036 compared to the total energy consumption in 2010. The industry sector accounts for approximately 37% of the total energy consumption. Thai industries have been classified into 11...

An analysis was conducted of the profitability of converting cassava to its fufu value chain in Ikeduru local government area of Imo state, Nigeria as cassava and its value chains offers veritable alternatives to sustainable food supply, food security and have the potentials of creating jobs....

This paper studied the conflicts between cassava farmers and cattle herdsmen in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Six farmers each from the six communities that make up the local government were selected using random sampling techniques, and this gave a total sample size...

The Government of Uganda has implemented programs and policies to improve the agricultural sector’s recent underperformance. Uganda’s two main food security crops, bananas and cassava, have been critically affected by two diseases: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) and Cassava Brown Streak...

According to Thailand’s infrastructure development and investment plan, an efficient transportation network will take form over the next three to five years. Dual-track railway will be built to cover more areas of the country and will be offered more routes between central, north-eastern, and...

Many rural women, who are faced with the challenges of low rural incomes and gender inequality, improve their role in the farming system based on participation in the agricultural value chain thus enhancing agricultural productivity, household income and sustainable development. This study...

Farmers in Nigeria are credit constrained. Thus, access to credit is a sina qua non for achieving the sustainable development goal of sustainable food production and improving the welfare of the farming folks. This study assessed credit utilization among cassava farmers in Ogun state and its...

The ontogeny of body setae in the immature stages of Mononychelust anajoa in Rivers state, Nigeria was studied. Setal counts on the life stages (larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult) from laboratory cultured specimens showed a constant number of 13 pairs of setae on the dorsal idiosoma from...

The aim of this concept proposal is to invite interested development partners to work collaboratively with rural communities and other stakeholders in Ghana in order to determine the feasibility of cassava as a sustainable source for clean energy (ethanol) production. The proposal arose directly...

This study analyzed profitability and marketing efficiency among women cassava processors in Oyo State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling method was employed to select one hundred and eighty (180) women cassava processors. Primary data were collected through a structured interview schedule and the...

To document the relative accuracy of methods for microdata collection on root and tuber crop production, an experiment was implemented in Malawi over a 12-month period, randomly assigning cassava-producing households to one of four approaches: daily diary-keeping, with semi-weekly supervision...