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Notes: [Proceedings of the First Triennial Root Crops Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops -- Africa Branch.] Cassava is grown throughout Malawi as one of the major food crops. Production is low due to land availability, farmers' preferences, marketing, storage, farming systems, diseases, etc. Cassava scale (Aonidiomyilus spp. and mealybugs are mentioned as causing various degrees of damage on the cassava.