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Technology package CASSAVA VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR THE DRY LOWLANDS
Summary The World Bank funded Drought Response Project worked on a selection of staple crops for drought tolerance. Cassava was identified as a drought tolerant crop and varieties with high yields and low cyanide content were selected. Four cassava varieties are recommended for farmers in the dry lowlands. Yield ranged from 20-29 tonnes/ha or 2.0-2.9 kg/m2 Cyanide contents were low at 1.2-1.5 mg of HCN/100g of fresh tuber Cyanide content less than 5 mg/100g fresh tuber is safe/harmless Trials were carried out by the NARI Dry Lowlands Research Program at SRC, Laloki Varieties were obtained from existing collections held by NARI from previous DAL research.
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NARI Nambis Tapiok 1 (L 6) Root flesh colour: Yellow Variety collected from the Central Province and known as Yelo tapiok
NARI Nambis Tapiok 2 (L 51) Root flesh colour: Yellow Variety collected from the Central Province and known as Maniota
NARI Nambis Tapiok 3 (L 86) Root flesh colour: White Variety originally collected from Keravat under DAL research.
NARI Nambis Tapiok 4 (L 92) Root flesh colour: Yellow Variety originally collected from Keravat under DAL research.