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Cassava has always been a resilient and integral agricultural source of food in many parts of Africa, the demand for cassava has always been there but there has been a strong increase in the demands with the limited amount of supply resulting in the price of cassava increasing steadily as time goes by.
Cassava has multiple uses in industries and this push has led to more cultivation farmers are trying their best to make more money from the market by increase the total land area. The potential that it has to be better in the market means that farmers are starting to make more cash from it than other crops .
There are certain factors that contributes to the overall attractiveness around this crop, factors like the low investment that it takes compared to so many other crops, the fact that its demand is not going down any time soon, and the opportunity that it has in the global economic market.
It also has its challenges especially for some one who is planning to delve into it for the first time, challenges like pest and disease that's not always common and the required processing infrastructures for its tubers when it is ready but this should not be enough to put off any one trying to farm cassava whether for food or the cash it brings.
The growing demands for local consumption and global economic growth coupled with the resilience to so many agricultural disasters means that it ticks most boxes, with better growth techniques and with the advancement in agricultural production we might be seeing a huge surge in the number of farmers cultivating cassava.