severe food insecurity and poverty.
Why Do People Continue to Eat Cassava?
If cassava can be dangerous, why is it eaten by so many people?
The answer is simple: properly processed cassava can be an important and valuable food.
Cassava provides substantial amounts of carbohydrates and calories.
For communities that depend on it as a staple crop, completely avoiding cassava may not be practical.
Instead, traditional food-processing methods have developed to reduce or eliminate the dangerous compounds.
Proper Preparation Is Essential
The key to making cassava safer is proper preparation.
