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New Drought-and-Virus-Resistant Cassava Seeds Are 400% More Productive

June 2010
WebarazaFarmer.com 
By James Karuga

 

For long regarded as “poor man’s” food, nine new improved cassava breeds have been released.  These new varieties are high yielding, fast maturing, drought and cassava mosaic virus resistant and with low cyanide levels

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So Much Food, So Much Hunger.

Sept. 20, 2009
The New York Times
Andrew Martin

 

How can so many people be hungry when farmers produce enough food, at least in theory, to feed every person on the planet?

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