System · Rationale

Cassava

Root crop (Manihot esculenta) grown for its starchy storage roots.

Definition source: AGROVOC: cassava

Synonyms

manioc, yuca

Broader

Root crop

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: valued for drought tolerance and exposed to climate hazards such as heat, erratic rainfall, and shifting pest and disease pressure.

Provenance

PRMS pilot

Identifier

SYS_093 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_093
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_093)