With rise in yield and better returns, more farmers are taking up cultivation of Sree Pavitra tapioca variety in Idukki. The hybrid tapioca variety was developed a few years back by the ICAR-Central ...

Tapioca business operators have called on the government to speed up tackling the cassava mosaic disease that has ravaged the farmers' produce since 2018. Boonchai Srichaiyongpanich, president of the ...

Palakkad: Tapioca farmers of Kozhijampara, Vadakarapathy and Eruthiyamapathy grama panchayats of Chittur taluk are badly affected as there are no takers for their produce. Many farmers have offered it ...

JOHOR BARU: There is money to be made from tapioca as the tuber is now used in cosmetics by beauty houses in Japan and South Korea. On that note, Johor wants to encourage more rural folk to go into ...

Perambalur district is seeing a major shift in cropping patterns as prolonged water scarcity has forced farmers to try alternative crops. PERAMABALUR: Perambalur district is seeing a major shift in ...

In a step towards preserving Kerala’s agrarian heritage, the age-old tradition of drying tapioca — locally known as Kappa Vaattu — has been included in the Class 8 Malayalam textbook. This unique ...

The humble tapioca or cassava, which once used to be a part of staple diet in Kerala, is now much in demand not just among the local people but tourists - Indian and foreign - who relish the root ...