VegetablesPineapple, cassava, potato and groundnut samples will be stored in liquid nitrogen at minus 196 °C at the International Potato Center, the first joint deposit by several countries.
AgrotechLaunched at the Asia Biologicals Summit in Singapore, the non-profit will build shared, independent trials of biological crop products, starting with rice, cassava and cocoa.
CropsICAR-CTCRI in Thiruvananthapuram signed an agreement with Sugam Organics, which will source tubers and make fried cassava snacks without artificial colours.
Gene-editing company Pairwise says licensing of its Fulcrum CRISPR platform has jumped in the past 12 to 18 months, with 25 licensees working across more than 30 species from cassava, cacao and yam to insects, microbes and livestock.
CookingIn early July 2026 Jagonews24 published a recipe for encebollado, Ecuador's popular soup of tuna, cassava (yuca), tomato and lime-cured onion, which the country declared part of its intangible cultural heritage in 2024.
VegetablesCassava, a staple across much of Africa, was still little known in Bangladesh in 2017, though hill farmers grew it as shimul alu and private firms had begun making flour and starch from it. Raw cassava contains cyanide and must be peeled and fully cooked.
