Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the important crops in Ghana. The importance of the crop to many in the country is epitomized in its Ewe name “Agbele”, meaning “there is life’. The production and worldwide trend is positive over the years and its production level had increased by 12.5% between 1988 and 1990 with Nigeria the largest producer in the world (PPMED, MOFA, 1995). Cassava occupies an important position in Ghana’s agricultural economy and contributes about 46% of the