Abstract: Research and Development (R&D) achievements leads to increases in both quantitative and qualitative production levels or shifts of supply curves to the right and Ceteris paribus, should lower prices. For cassava, R&D has for example, made this happen but without lowering its prices. This is because apart from increased human consumption needs, its requirements for industrial use and exports have been rising. Also, downstream costs associated with its processing, storage and transportation has been rising too. Thus, its use for Ruminant nutrition has remained low and strategies are required to ameliorate the situation. This is because Trend analyses and dendogram constructed on 1982-2003 data, did not indicate significant similarity levels (less than 40.00%) between cassava production and meats outputs. However, there are R&D recommendations showing how cassava foliage, peels, chips and pellets could be used for ruminant nutrition without any adverse impacts on performance but as a good substitute of maize and crop residues. This is a contextual paper aimed at presenting an overview of these scenarios so that strategies can be recommended. It is assumed that urban and peri-urban ruminant producers, with profits maximization as their main goal, disposed to the adoption of improved management and ownership of upgraded breeds; could readily adopt the strategies if such cassava products are regularly available. This could lead to reduced importation of milk and dairy products, increased milk and meats supplies and enhanced crops-livestock linkages (economic surpluses). Also, rural empowerment, small-scale enterprises growth and sustaining incidental multiplier impacts between cassava producers and its: Processors, transporters and marketers (social gains) could prevail. Therefore, it is recommended that the three government tiers should evolve strategies that are in line with concepts postulated.