date:May 30, 2013
According to the FAO the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations - Save and Grow, an environmentally-friendly farming model can sustainably increase cassava yields by up to 400% and help turn this staple from a poor people's food into a 21st century crop.
In a newly-published field guide detailing Save and Grow's applications to cassava smallholder production, FAO noted that global cassava output has increased by 60% since 2000 and is set to accelerate further over the current