Yuca, also known as cassava root, is a vegetable similar in size to a sweet potato but with a barky outer skin. Not to be confused with yucca, a southeastern American desert plant, yuca is a ...

Nigeria is the globe's biggest producer of cassava, or yuca. It could stand to earn billions from exports of flour, sorbitol, bubble tea, and ethanol. More from Big Business Nigeria is the globe's ...

Yuca, not to be confused with yucca, is the root of the cassava plant. This potato-like root vegetable has a tough, grainy texture that creates an incredibly fluffy interior and a crispy exterior ...

Today, a few staple crops provide most human calories, including manioc (cassava or yuca), a vital root crop that sustains nearly a billion people across the tropics. Although it ranks as the ...