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Trends in Global Cassava Production and Utilization

Trends in Global Cassava Production and Utilization. Subash Dasgupta Senior Plant Production Officer FAO Regional Office for Asia and the pacific Bangkok, Thailand 28 June 2011 World Tapioca Conference , Bangkok, Thailand. Advantage of Cassava production . Food security Crop

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Trends in Global Cassava Production and Utilization

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  1. Trends in Global Cassava Production and Utilization Subash Dasgupta Senior Plant Production Officer FAO Regional Office for Asia and the pacific Bangkok, Thailand 28 June 2011 World Tapioca Conference , Bangkok, Thailand

  2. Advantage of Cassava production • Food security Crop • Important component of diet for more than I billion population • More attention to indigenous crop • Alternative to expensive cereals • Emerging as energy security crop • Donor support for biofuel initiative • Brining marginal farmers into cash economy • Ability to tolerate highly unfavourable environmental conditions

  3. Emerging Issues • A competitive substitute of maize for starch and ethanol production • Competition for land with cereals • Deforestation (mainly Viet Nam) for land • Ethanol Plants (Indonesia, Thailand, China and Viet Nam) • Growing domestic and international market • Market is very competitive in terms of price and volume • Conflict between food and energy • Interest to this crop has been growing • Demand in China is growing

  4. Table . World cassava market at a glance

  5. Cassava Price (USD/tonne)

  6. Cassava Production in Asia (million tonnes)

  7. Cassava Yield in some Asian countries in 2009

  8. Major Cassava producing countries (million tonnes)

  9. Recommendations • Improving supply sides by increasing productivity and improving processing technologies • Need variety having resistance to pests and higher starch contents • Increased use of biotechnology in developing modern varieties • Develop intensive production and processing methods for small-scale farmers

  10. Continuation • Creation of an appropriate policy framework to sustain it food security crop • Cutting down post-harvest losses through investment in processing technologies • Integrated farmers in value chain and interact with livestock and energy value chains

  11. THANK YOU

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