Caricom countries eye root staple to help ease the regional food import bill

Cassava flour is widely used as part of the staple diet in rural Africa.

Cassava has long been an integral part of the staple diet in a number of Caribbean households; today, however, Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries are pressing this versatile root crop into service in pursuit of a critical contemporary mission. With the region’s food import bill now reportedly hovering somewhere