In order to the development of a new area of about 100 hectares with cassava production, Agro2 decided to invest in a cassava planter and uprooter. The supplier of the machines is the Brazilian company, PlantiCenter. With the new equipment, Agro2 will be able to develop and manage the plantations in a more efficient way. [...]
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No Comments »The Nation-Africa reported yesterday that the International Institute of Tropical agriculture launched the Cassava Planting Materials Distribution campaign at Wimbe in Kasungu, Malawi. The campaign is part of the IITA’s Unleashing the Power of Cassava in Africa (UPOCA) project.
Posted in Cassava News, Cassava/Yuca Tags: africa, agriculture, cassava, Change, Climate, desertification, food, planting, security, seed, varieties, yielding No Comments »Cassava roots come in big and small. But a cassava variety recently found belonging to Tumarjo Gatot Kaca (65), of Central Java, took the cake. The cassava, which weighed approximately 100 kilograms, and wasaround 50 times as large as regular cassava, had a length of one meter and circumference of 50 centimeters.
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This week we have posted several photos from Agro2‘s trip to Brazil with CLAYUCA, the Latin American Consortium for the Research and Development of Cassava. One of the most interesting days came at the end of the trip, when Agro2 CEO Frans van Hulle visited the Planti Center and tested cassava planting machines. The machine [...]
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