INQUIRER.net: Cassava is future global crop, says UN

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Cassava is future global crop, says UN May 28th 2013, 23:05 ROME—Cassava has huge potential and could turn from "a poor people's food into a 21st century crop" if grown according to a new environmentally friendly farming model, the UN food agency said on Tuesday.   The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report that global cassava output has increased by 60 percent since 2000 and that yields could be boosted by up to 400 percent.   Cassava has "huge potential," the FAO said.   The trick is to use the "Save and Grow" approach that does away with the use of heavy chemical inputs, and minimizes soil disturbance caused by traditional tilling methods such as plowing.   The appr... Keep on reading: Cassava is future global crop, says UN Media files: cassava.jpg (image/jpeg)

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