MALAWI 2008. A farmer surveying his cassava plants in Patha Village, just 25km from Lilongwe. 

MALAWI 2008. A farmer harvesting a cassava plant in his plot in Patha Village, just 25km from Lilongwe. 

Leaves of a healthy cassava plant. 

MALAWI 2008. A crowd gathering around a cassava vendor at the Metundu Market in Lilongwe. 

The shrunken and discoloured leaves of a cassava plant sick with Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD). 

MOZAMBIQUE 1997. Support to Community Forestry and Wildlife Management 

A farmer eating freshly harvested cassava. 

A farmer peeling freshly harvested cassava. 

Farm worker taking cuttings from disease-free cassava plants, the result of an EU-funded FAO operation to fight Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and bring back healthy cassava, a staple food of the region 

A farmer harvesting cassava with a hoe. 

A farmer harvesting cassava with a hoe. 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2008. A cassava plant resistant to the African cassava mosaic virus in Kalemie, Tabac Valley, Katanga Region. 

A farmer harvesting cassava with a hoe. 

Farm worker taking cuttings from disease-free cassava plants, the result of an EU-funded FAO operation to fight Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and bring back healthy cassava, a staple food of the region 

Farm worker taking cuttings from disease-free cassava plants, the result of an EU-funded FAO operation to fight Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and bring back healthy cassava, a staple food of the region 

Farm worker taking cuttings from disease-free cassava plants, the result of an EU-funded FAO operation to fight Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and bring back healthy cassava, a staple food of the region 

MALAWI 2008. A woman sifting corn in the Mangochi District. 

Farm workers taking cuttings from disease-free cassava plants, the result of an EU-funded FAO operation to fight Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and bring back healthy cassava, the region's staple food. 

A repatriated farmer (from 1972) planting cassava cuttings. Rumonge, 70km south of Bujumbura. 

A general view of a cassava plantation with trees in the background.