Crop management if properly followed by the farmers, it has potential for increasing yield. To obtain high yields the following husbandly practices should be followed.

• The Land preparation for planting cassava on upland and in valleys differs: On upland, farmers plant on flat ground, or mounds and ridges. In valleys, farmers prepare ridges or mounds above ground level to control water logging.
• Cassava planted in dambos should be planted on high and big ridges spaced at 120 cm for good drainage.

• Ridges are 90cm apart and 30cm high
• Mounds range from 30 to 60 cm high.
• The space between mounds varies from 60 to 100 cm.
• Plow and harrow the field twice
• Do these operations when there is enough soil moisture.
• Plow the field at least 15-30 cm deep

The quality of planting materials depends on the following;

• Planting materials should be healthy
• Cuttings should be obtained from the base to the middle portions of well matured plants of older than 9 months.
• For plants are 12 months or more the base should not be used for glowing as it will have been lignified.
• Cutting to be planted should be 25 to 30 cm long with 5-7 nodes 
• Cut stems when you are ready for planting
• Cut stems with a well-sharpened knife or saw.
• Use of thick stem not thin ones. 

About   65 to 80 bundles of 50 one meters long steam are required to plant on hectare of cassava for root production.

• Plant with the first planting rains. Farmers should not plant cassava late.
• Cassava does well on well drained soils.

• To obtain optimum plant population, plant cassava on ridges at 90 cm apart and 90 cm between plants where cassava is grown to be processed into Kondowole.  
• This gives plant population of 14000 plants per Hectare.  
• For slender roots to be sold fresh on the market, a spacing of 90 cm by 45 cm can be used and will give plant population of 20000 plants per hectare.

• These are unwanted plants competing for light, nutrients and water with crops
• Late weeding encourages competition.
• Weed early particularly during the critical first three months of the establishment of the crop.
• Delay in weeding results in low yields.