Cassava can be key to cutting region’s food import bill

FAO Resident Representative Reuben Robertson

“Guyana has all of the ingredients necessary to reclaim its position as the bread basket of the Caribbean and the region needs to focus on cultivating high-yielding varieties of [cassava] as well as addressing the processing and commercialization considerations associated with [its] popularization,” newly appointed Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Resident Representative in Guyana, Reuben Robertson has told Stabroek Business.

He said addressing regional consumption patterns would increase the demand for cassava