TEACHERS and students of Bulileka Sanatan Primary School in Labasa got a shock when a seven-month-old cassava plant bore a 20 kilogram crop. Students from the school uprooted the plant on Thursday. Headteacher Narsamma Naidu said they were thrilled to see such a gigantic crop in their yard. “This is Read more…
Tanzanian farmers ought to stick to rising drought resistant crops in the event that they wish to enhance their harvests in view of world climate modifications that always lead to insufficient rainfall.The recommendation was given yesterday by the minister for Agriculture, Food Safety and Cooperatives, Professor Jumanne Maghembe, in Dar es Salaam to mark the Cassava Week.
Officiating on the launch of the exhibition held at Karimjee grounds, the minister mentioned cultivating drought resistant crops, comparable to cassava, would enable Tanzania overcome the perennial meals shortages.
“With the current world weather changes, which extra typically result in inadequate rainfall, cassava stands out as the suitable crop in most parts of the country. Improving production and productivity of the crop will, subsequently, guarantee meals security and earnings to native and international farmers and the nation,” said Prof Maghembe. (more…)
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has stated that for the nation to spice up cassava production, it should pay extra attention than ever before to value addition.
The Director Common, IITA, Dr. Peter Hartmann, mentioned other than bettering farmers’ incomes, value addition has the ability to address the increasing degree of unemployment in Nigeria.
He spoke at a stakeholders’ forum in Ibadan, Oyo State, to mark the end of the CFC-funded Cassava Worth Chain Project in Nigeria carried out by IITA and its national partners.
Hartman, who was represented by a scientist with IITA, Dr. Gbassey Tarawali, mentioned the establishment of cassava processing centres in Masaka, Lafia, and Kuje for the production of garri, fufu, cassava flour and starch is producing constructive outcomes by providing new streams of incomes to the benefiting communities. (more…)
Cassava based mostly merchandise are establishing a growing foothold in the Australian well being meals market, nevertheless, new analysis reveals that some imported merchandise comprise harmful levels of the poison cyanide.
A staple meals for around 800 million folks, the root of the cassava plant, when not correctly processed, accommodates cyanide, which might cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, dizziness, weak spot and death.
New analysis carried out by Asssociate Professor Ros Gleadow, Dr Anna Burns and Dr Timothy Cavagnaro of Monash University’s College of Organic Sciences, along with Dr J. Howard Bradbury from the Australian Nationwide University, examined the cyanide content of a number of merchandise presently obtainable in Melbourne and Canberra. (more…)
“Aneh! Produsen Singkong Tapi RI Rajin Impor Tepung Tapioka” adalah judul artikel di Detik Finance (Senin, 08/08/2011 07:48 WIB). Mungkin suatu saat juga akan mengimpor onggok atau ampas tapioka !
Indonesia tercatat menjadi salah satu negara produsen ubi kayu atau singkong di dunia. Namun Indonesia juga tercatat menjadi salah satu yang masih rajin mengimpor tepung tapioka yang merupakan produk olahan ubi kayu.
Menurut Benny Kusbini, praktisi pertanian yang kini Ketua Dewan Kedelai, memang agak aneh jika Indonesia mengimpor tepung tapioka apalagi gaplek singkong yang relatif banyak di Indonesia.
Berdasarkan data Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), meski relatif kecil, Indonesia masih mengimpor ubi kayu dengan total 4,73 ton dengan nilai US$ 21,9 ribu dari Januari hingga Juni 2011. Negara Italia merupakan negara sumber impor ubi kayu dengan nilai terbesar yaitu US$ 20,64 ribu dengan berat 1,78 ton. Sedangkan Cina merupakan negara penyuplai ubi kayu terbesar di dunia hanya berkontribusi yaitu 2,96 ton dengan nilai US$ 1.273 (more…)
