New cassava species could boost food security

YAOUNDE, 13 November 2012 (IRIN – | visit) – Scientists and farmers’ associations have high hopes that a variety of cassava could help build their resilience to droughts and food insecurity. Cameroon’s National Development Programme for Roots and Tubers (PNDRT) has distributed seedlings of a new high-yield, pest-resistant variety of cassava to 1,000 smallholder farmers [...]