Hello Hive.

Much as I love to plant food crops, cash crops like my casava has to take the central stage.
For its numerous multi-functions, I do not mind the years and duration it takes before harvest.

This is a another cash crop that one can make create a source of income from. Cultivating a large portion of it will amount to good money.
Back in my village in Benue state, it is one among the majority of crops grown to earn some finances from.

It doesn't require much labor neither is it capital intensive.
As no seeds is bought, the stems from previous years is recycled during propagation.

On fertile lands it doesn't require fertilization and the only rigorous activities here is when we work to remove the weeds.

While the ones for last year you see here below is still progressing and would be harvested this year.
We make very early replacement propagating new ones as the rains continues.

These ones will grow for this year and right into next year.
Propagation of cassava is very easy.
All we do is to break off older steam and cut then to some 5-10 inches, dipping them back into the ground at some regular spacing.

this goes Into the soil and develops new root, stemns and leaves.
There is a special direction for dipping this stem into the ground and we have to be careful to take notice of this.

Placing the wrong side into the ground means that our effort will be futile and there will be no growth.

Propagation is done after there has been a downpour, if the soil is dry and hot for over a week, the stem can equally die off.

After planting we should expect new leaves in 3-4 weeks time..