Browsing: Cassava economy

• Sustainable agriculture employs 65-70 percent of Africa's labour force.
• Only two to three percent of African renewable water resources are usable compared to the 5 percent worldwide.
• In 2019 a report revealed that Africa produced more than 50 percent of the world's cassava.

A severe drought has left millions of people in Africa dependent on grain from Ukraine, a country at war with Russia, yet a number of crops that could support more climate-resilient and healthful food systems in sub-Saharan Africa continue to receive limited attention.

Across Africa, cassava, sugarcane and maize stand out for supporting millions of families in governments' quest to maintain food security

Sustainable agriculture is one of the highlights that support Africa's economic development. For decades these cash crops in Africa have accounted for almost 20 percent of the entire continent's revenue. It has further advanced and introduced concepts such as agritech, significantly teaching better farming

With the continent continually racked with hunger and poverty, Africa could turn around its economy by adopting cassava production.…