cassava

"Another white man `came in peace' three moons ago," replied Kaviri; "and after we had brought him presents of a goat and cassava and milk, he set upon us with his guns and killed many of my people, and then went on his way, taking all of our goats and many of our young men and women."

Before each hut a woman presided over a boiling stew, while little cakes of plantain, and cassava puddings were to be seen on every hand.

She had eaten the meal that had been brought her by Mohammed Beyd's Negro slave--a meal of cassava cakes and a nondescript stew in which a new-killed monkey, a couple of squirrels and the remains of a zebra, slain the previous day, were impartially and unsavorily combined; but the one-time Baltimore belle had long since submerged in the stern battle for existence, an estheticism which formerly revolted at much slighter provocation.

I searched for the cassava root, which the Indians, in all that climate, make their bread of, but I could find none.

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is perennial woody shrub with a starchy edible root.

Cassava has long been Central African Republic's number-one staple crop, and is key to keeping hunger at bay.

Cassava roots yield more carbohydrates per hectare than cereal crops and can be grown at a considerably lower cost [1].

Among the country's top vegetable and root crops are mongo, peanut, cabbage, eggplant, tomato, sweet potato and cassava.

An independent audit team sent by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to audit its cassava project in Nigeria, has commended the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) for its cassava seed tracker system.

In a wok nearby, pieces of cassava are sizzling in oil and will be ready in less than five minutes.