Imagine a customised laundry bag made from cassava starch! And while at it, picture a bin or seed bag with this sweet natural cassava smell. That’s just how beautiful a simple idea borne out of ...

Kevin Kumala has created a bag from cassava starch that is 100% biodegradable and even edible. To prove that the bag is totally natural he dissolved part of it in a lukewarm glass of water and ...

But this trend is likely to change with the ban on plastic bags. Cassava can be transformed into a biodegradable green paper which is not only environment-friendly but also enables food to be ...

There are also types with different tuber sizes, growth rates, starch production and drought tolerance. While cassava has ...

Under the Roseco closed-loop solution, cassava is cultivated, and starch is extracted to produce ... The current Roseco series includes plastic bags, forks, and takeaway boxes.

Ivory Coast's beloved staple, attiéké - made from fermented cassava flour - has officially been added to Unesco's list of ...

is taking bold steps to add value to its vast cassava output by producing pharmaceutical-grade starch, it emerged on Wednesday. The Director General/Chief Executive Officer (DG/CEO) of the Nigeria ...

Chido Nwangwu in this piece writes about a US-based Nigerian, Dr Patrick Okoye, who gets recognised recently as having the first United States Patent on Cassava Starch in medicines. On November 5 ...