Unleashing power of cassava to feed the hungry

Last year, Jonathan Shenyagwa planted cassava on 80 acres of his farm, with disastrous results.

“I harvested part of the cassava and transported it to the nearest processing centre, where it was peeled, washed, pressed, dried and milled into cassava flour. They charged me Tsh600 per kilogramme (about half a dollar) and the market price was Tsh380 a kilo,” he says.