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Cassava is rapidly emerging as one of Kenya’s most promising agricultural crops as the country seeks solutions to climate change, food insecurity and rising unemployment, particularly among young people. Long regarded as a subsistence crop, cassava is now attracting growing attention from researchers, policymakers and agribusiness stakeholders for its potential to improve household food security, generate rural incomes and supply raw materials to a range of industries. Kenya currently produces around 1.2 million metric tonnes of cassava each year, well below national demand of nearly three million metric tonnes. The production shortfall has left the country dependent on imports from neighbouring Uganda and Tanzania, highlighting significant opportunities to expand domestic cultivation. According to Professor Richard Mulwa, Cassava Value Chain Lead under the TAGDev 2.0 Programme at Egerton University, increasing local production could unlock new opportunities for farmers, ...