Spain: Early data on Cuban cassava cultivation in the Canary Islands suggest its potential for animal feed

The project "Canary Islands-Cuba Inter-cooperation for the development of alternative animal feed based on new varieties of cassava", in which the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty of the Government of the Canary Islands collaborate through the Canary Islands Institute of Agricultural Research (ICIA), the Institute of Research on Root Vegetables and Tropical Fruits of Cuba (INIVIT) and the University without Borders Association (USF), has reached its harvesting phase with data that support the potential of this tuber for livestock feed in the Canary Islands. The first records of the experimental harvest of the ICIA El Pico Farm, in Tejina (Tenerife), indicate average values of between four and six kilograms of cassava per plant, so a total final production of between 16 and 19 tons is estimated for the 4,000 plants imported from Cuba. These calculations would correspond to a yield per hectare of between 40 and 50 tons of fresh underground organs. ...