1.   She lives in a house belonging to a relative and makes a little money from grinding cassava root at the market with nine other women who have similar problems.

2.   With a sharp paring knife, peel away the cassava skin and cut the cassava root in half lengthwise.

3.   A third of the families run out of rice between harvests and have to subsist on cassava roots and sweet potatoes.

4.   Food often consisted of little more than cassava roots and vegetables.

5.   The domestic price of cassava root and products this year is quite high because of lower production.