Cassava crop has for a long period been regarded as a consumption crop and few farmers took the initiative to plant it on their farms.

And even so, the amount of acreage was too little as most of the land was spared for maize crop plantation.

But following the drought that occurred in 2008/ 09, many Kenyan farmers have now reverted to traditional crops such as cassava, millet, sweet potatoes farming as these crops take little time to mature and also can sustain long periods of drought.

As such the potential of cassava as a source of food security in Kenya is great as it has the capacity to feed many families.

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UGANDA – A ban on pork and its products in Moyo district could cost business people millions of shillings due to the outbreak of the contagious African swine fever.

According to The New Vision, people dealing in pork, some employing over eight workers, have been rendered jobless after the district veterinary office put a quarantine on transportation of pigs and closed all pork joints on Wednesday.

African swine fever is a viral disease which is spread from one infected animal to another through body fluids or eating meat of the animal killed by the fever.

It can kill an animal three to four days after infection.

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