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UN Predicts 3 Percent Boost in Cassava Production

by sidet on November 24, 2010

in Agriculture

Cambodian cassava production could reach 3.6 million tons in 2010, up from 3,5 million tons in 2009, a UN Food and Agriculture Organization report predicted.

The report largely attributed the predicted rise, which would push levels close to 2008’s record harvest of 3.676 million tons, to soaring demand in China’s industrial sector, where cassava is used to produce starch and ethanol.

“Foreign direct investment by mainland China to meet its growing demand for cassava as an energy feedstock and for starch production has contribute to a surge in cassava plantings in Cambodia,” said the report, which was release on Thursday. [Read full article…]

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