cassava

Fortified cassava could provide a day's nutrition in a single meal

COLUMBUS, Ohio Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day's worth of nutrition in a single meal. The researchers have further engineered...

ASPB engages Latin America colleagues at Annual Meeting in Merida, Mexico June 22-25

...lant Biology. Symposium V: Tropical Agriculture - Organizer: Dr. Richard Sayre & Dr. Miguel A. Gomez-Lim. Dr. Richard Sayre Biofortification of cassava to alleviate malnutrition; the biocassava plus program. Dr. Miguel A. Gomez-Lim Genetic transformation of tropical plant species. Dr. Marcos Buckeri...

American Chemical Society's Weekly Presspac -- Sept. 5, 2007

... RELEASE Discovery promises more nutritional cassava (yucca) for developing world Journal of Agricult...ational effort to improve the nutritional value of cassava a staple food for millions of poverty stricken pe...her areas has led to development of a New form of cassava that may be easier to digest than other varieties....

One Fifth of Timor Needs Food Assistance: UN Report

...tations in the western regions. Production of maize, Timor's most important crop, declined by 30 per cent to 70,000 tonnes. Output of cereals, cassava and other tubers dropped by 25-30 per cent while rice production decreased by 20 per cent. "Producers are in urgent need of maize and rice see...

Food Grains Project To Tackle Malnutrition In India

...rtner with us to change the kind of food people take,' Howarth E. Bouis, director, HarvestPlus told IANS. 'Instead of the white sweet potato and cassava that people in Africa take, we have been teaching them how to grow and eat an orange coloured potato, developed by the Peru-based International Potato...

cassava in Biological News

Super-sized cassava plants may help fight hunger in Africa

In a recent study, genetically modified cassava plants produced roots that were more than two-and-a-half times the size of normal cassava roots. The findings could help ease hunger in many countries where people rely heavily on the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta) as a primary food source, said ...

Researchers team up to provide new hope for childhood hunger

...RUTF efforts complemented by the Danforth Center's cassava team, the full vision for the Global Harvest Allia... Plus, an international initiative seeking to make cassava a more nutritionally rich and balanced staple plan...as demonstrated unprecedented success in enhancing cassava to contain more protein, vitamins and minerals, mo...

New crops needed for new climate

...eparing for the predicted reduction in nutritional value of many plants in the coming century by developing and growing different cultivars which, for cassava in particular, may not be easy' says Dr Gleadow. ...

New crops needed for new climate

...eparing for the predicted reduction in nutritional value of many plants in the coming century by developing and growing different cultivars which, for cassava in particular, may not be easy' says Dr Gleadow. ...

Sweet potato shines as new promise for small enterprise and hunger relief in developing countries

...o to sustain their country. Sweetpotato kept millions from starvation in famine-plagued China in the early 1960s, and in Uganda, where a virus ravaged cassava crops in the 1990s, the hardy hero came to the rescue, nourishing millions in rural communities. Rich in carbohydrates and vitamin A, sweetpotatoes...

Yam bean a nearly forgotten crop

... or yams. Most importantly, it was found that storage roots can be processed into yam bean gari. This is similar to the current staple of West Africa, cassava gari, a granular flour. The bean could make a significant contribution to the improvement of food support, especially where resources are poor. T...

Yam bean a nearly forgotten crop

... or yams. Most importantly, it was found that storage roots can be processed into yam bean gari. This is similar to the current staple of West Africa, cassava gari, a granular flour. The bean could make a significant contribution to the improvement of food support, especially where resources are poor. T...

Biologists find regions of rice domestication

...you do is go out and sample all the wild rice across regions and you look for that signature in the wild," said Schaal, who has done similar work with cassava and jocote, a tropical fruit. "You find that the unique signature of cultivated rice is only found in certain geographic regions. And that's how you...

Research team receives $7.5 million to study cassava

...oblems. Leading the $7.5 million, 11-institution cassava project is Richard Sayre, a professor of plant cel... at Ohio State . The grant runs for five years. cassava (Manihot esculenta) is the primary food source for...he diet of nearly 600 million people worldwide. cassava is the fourth-most-important crop in the tropics, ...

cassava in Biological Technology

The New Green Revolution offers hope to poor farmers and poor consumers

...Austrian lab is working with researchers in Kenya to transfer technology on cassava mutagenesis and breeding. cassava is a low-protein, starchy staple in regions where cereal grains cannot be e...

cassava in Biological Definition

Starch

...; arrowroot , guar gum , locust bean , and tapioca commonly used as well. Commonly used starches around the world are: arracacha , buckwheat , cassava , konnyaku , kudzu , oca , and sago . When a starch is pre-cooked it can then be used to thicken chilled foods. This is referred to on packagi...