Helping cassava farmers by extending crop life (Source: MIT News)
CassVita, founded by an MIT alumnus, has created biotechnology to increase the shelf life of cassava, a nutritious but perishable root vegetable. The root vegetable cassava is a major food staple in dozens of countries across the world. Drought-resistant, nutritious, and tasty, it has also become
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Eight Innovations Share Pioneering Solutions to Tackle the Global Food Crisis (Source: World Food Programme)
Meet our latest cohort of innovators and start-ups that are tirelessly working to end hunger. Register here to attend the WFP Pitch Event on 17 February 2023. Did you know that up to 828 million people still go to bed hungry each night? That’s more than one in ten people
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A technology to improve the situation of cassava farmers in Cameroon (Source: Fund for Innovation in Development)
CassVita has developed an innovation to minimize post-harvest cassava losses thus improving income for farmers. Cassava is grown by 20 million farmers in Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. However, it has a shelf life of 2 days after harvest. Consequently, about 40% of crops are lost,
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