CLIMATE CHANGE: Cassava key to food security, say scientists

CLIMATE CHANGE: Cassava key to food security, say scientists:

KAMPALA, 20 June 2012 (IRIN) - An alliance of scientists has been formed to help promote cassava, which has emerged as a "survivor" crop able to thrive in the expected higher temperatures engendered by climate change, a scientific conference in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, heard.