Not many things that turn up on our dinner plates can kill us, but you’d be surprised how many people eat what is considered to be one of the ‘world’s deadliest foods’
However, something called cassava is a staple food which 500 million people eat and hundreds of millions of tonnes of it are produced for eating every year.
It’s a plant that flourishes in tropical climates which is native to South America, though the world’s top producer these days is Nigeria.
