Kingdom’s cassava crop hurt by Thai holiday break Phnom Penh Post Holiday slowdowns in Thailand have weighed on Cambodia’s cassava crop, with the price per kilogram falling almost 50 per cent in five days. Cassava purchasers from Thailand – a big export market for Cambodia – have suspended production during the …
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Kingdom’s cassava crop hurt by Thai holiday break – Phnom Penh Post
Posted by Agro2 on December 27th, 2011
Cassava – a Multi-Purpose Plant
Posted by Agro2 on February 6th, 2011
Nigeria is making use of its cassava crop to diversify its economy Cassava is Africa’s most important staple food crop, after maize, and Africa produces half of the world’s supply. The plant is used to make a starchy food called gari, and it is also a source for biofuel as well as animal feed. Nigeria [...]
Cassava, Yams, Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes: How They Compare Pt. 4
Posted by Agro2 on December 20th, 2010
Potatoes, like the other crops we’ve discussed, are starchy. They contain chlorogenic acid, carotenoids and phytochemcias, as well as vitamin C, potassium, B6, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, niacin, magnesium, phosphorus, iron and zin. The potato also contains solanine, a poison that is also found in henbane, tobacco, eggplan and tomato. While this poison is toxic, it is rarely ingested to the extent to cause any symptoms in humans, except in cases of potato famines (when people have no other food than potatoes).
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava/Yuca 
Tags: cassava, crop, potato, root, sweet potato, yam 
No Comments »Cassava, Yams, Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes: How They Compare Pt. 3
Posted by Agro2 on December 20th, 2010
Today’s article is the third of a four-part series comparing cassava, yams, sweet potato, and potatoes. These four crops are similar, and a couple are even close cousins. Today, we’re discussing the Yam, which is the rogue of the group. Yams are the only one of the four crops that originates in Africa. Don’t confuse yams with sweet potatoes, they’re one hundred percent different and as such any product called a yam in the US is required by the U.S.A to also label the product as a sweet potato.
