According to new research by CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture), southeast Asia’s multi-billion dollar cassava industry and thousands of small scale farmers could be severely threatened by global warming which might trigger outbreaks of new invasive pests.
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Climate change threatens southeast Asia’s billion dollar cassava industry
Posted by Agro2 on April 17th, 2012
Posted in Cassava News, Cassava/Yuca, Ethanol and Sustainability 
Tags: cassava, climate change, farmers, Farming, market, pests, processing, production, research, root, southeast asia, starch, sustainable, tapioca, yuca 
No Comments »Cassava Recipes: Arepas de Yuca
Posted by Agro2 on December 1st, 2011
cassava recipe takes a south of the border classic–the arepa–and adds a whole new flavor and style. In honor of the origin–these are Venezuelan style arepas, we will offer the recipe in Spanish and English.
Posted in Cassava Recipes, Sides and Appetizers Tags: arepa, arepas, cassava, recipe, yuca No Comments »Cassava in the News: Producción de etanol a base de yuca veragüense
Posted by Agro2 on October 31st, 2011
Unos 200 productores de yuca de áreas rurales de la provincia de Veraguas se han propuesto conquistar el mercado europeo con la exportación de este tubérculo y sus derivados.
Además, proyectan sacarle un beneficio extra para que a futuro se convierta en la materia prima para la producción de etanol para biocombustible.
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava News, Ethanol and Sustainability Tags: etanol, produccion, veraguas, yuca No Comments »Cassava Recipes from Agro2: Bollo de Yuca (Wrapped Cassava)
Posted by Agro2 on January 30th, 2011
This recipe for bollos de yuca, via MyColombianRecipes, is a traditional take on the plant. It is yuca wrapped in a corn husk and served with chorizo, or sausage links.
Yuca is not Yucca
Posted by Agro2 on January 10th, 2011
At Agro2, cassava, or yuca, is our business. As such, we’d like to clear the record about a very ubiquitous misconception about the manihot esculenta plant that we’ve seen all over the internet: yuca is not yucca. Yuca is actually a genus in the agave family and covers a whole range of plants that cannot be baked into pie, pone or any other delicious treats. Once and for all, let’s examine the difference between these two equally lovely, but entirely different plants.
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava News Tags: cassava, cassava's, esculenta, manihot, pie, pone, root, starch, varieties, yuca, yucca No Comments »Cassava in Any Other Language Tastes Just as Good
Posted by Agro2 on November 30th, 2010
When one works cassava on an international scale, the different names you encounter can get confusing. Recently when speaking with a consultant about our project, she told me she was unfamiliar with the root, until I found the correct name.
“Cassava…” I said. She was nonplussed. “Yuca, Manioc…” “Ah! Mandioca!” she replied. “Yes, I know it well.”
So that this never happens to any of our readers, we’ve compiled a list of names for cassava by country.
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava News Tags: apku, balanghoy, boba, cassada, cassava, cassava's, cassave, cu san, ege, kamomteng kahoy, kappa, kingkong, kyassaba, mandioca, manioc, mansapparrang, mushu, pondu, ugburu, yuca 2 Comments »Cassava Recipes: Yuca Frita
Posted by Agro2 on November 26th, 2010
Yuca frita is a classic preparation of this delicious root. It is one of our favorites, not only because it is so simple and delicious, but because it is such a staple in Panama, Colombia, and all across Central America. Our recipe for this dish, however, comes from Erica at My Colombian Recipes, which makes [...]
What is Cassava?
Posted by Agro2 on November 25th, 2010
Cassava (Manihot Esculenta), otherwise known as manioc, tapioca, yuca and many other names, is a root vegetable coming from a shrubby perennial plant thought to be native to Brazil. Cassava is most well known for tapioca pudding, which uses a pearl form of flaked starch extracted from cassava. Plant Appearance The plant itself can grow [...]
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava News Tags: alcohol, Brazil, cassava, esculenta, ethanol, fresh, manihot, manioc, tapioca, yuca 1 Comment »Cassava varieties, feedstocks and Collaboration
Posted by Agro2 on October 19th, 2010
If you check out our Flickr, you can see the work we’ve done on testing new varieties, along with our partner TecMont. We currently have 12 varieties that we are monitoring for characteristics like starch content, sweetness, moisture content, average root length, soil preferences, etc. Next month we will begin performing starch analyses on the [...]
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava News, Ethanol and Sustainability Tags: agro2, cassava, ethanol, farm, fuel, innovation, Panama, root, starch, sustainability, varieties, yuca 2 Comments »Agro2 Reaches Out to Farmers to Produce Cassava
Posted by Agro2 on October 4th, 2010
Last week was a busy one for Agro2–we completed our building that will be our central training facility and cassava processing center, and received approval from the Ministry of Health to begin producing yuca for sale. In addition Ywe Hanken of FACT Foundation visited the site and made several helpful recommendations on how to proceed [...]
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava News Tags: agro2, cassava, ethanol, farmers, Panama, processing, sustainable, yuca No Comments »
