WHAT IS CASSAVA?
Cassava( manihot Esculenta) is a tuberous plant which grows extensively on the tropical and subtropical regions of the world because of it high rainfall. It grows best on loamy and well drained soil and it is relatively adaptive to high temperature and humidity
It's foliage is finger like and is held by a stalk which extends from the shoot of the plant with four to ten leaves that spreads like an open palm.
It is generally believed that cassava was first introduced into Africa by the Portuguese explorers who brought it from the Amazon forest of South America to the Congo basin during the conquest of Africa of the 16th century As at the time of writing this post, Nigeria is the highest producer of cassava in then world. Many of the cassava farms are cultivated by poor rural farmers who live in remote areas scattered allover the country. Most of the cassava cultivated is primarily used as food for the farmers themselves and very insignificant quantity is sold to get the basic necessities of life by these farmers but with the assistance of government and the private sector, these farmers could be encouraged to be more productive as more use of the said cassava has been discovered.
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