The Cassava Value Chain in Mozambique (English)

Cassava is the principal starch in Mozambique, at 30 percent of calories. It can be stored unharvested up to 30 months, but fresh cassava lasts only 3 days once harvested. Most processing in Mozambique is artisanal, to eliminate cyanogenic glycosides in the 90 percent of production from pest resistant bitter varieties. Only 6 percent of production in 2011 was used commercially for non-food, two-thirds for feed and one-third for starch. Low levels...

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Costa,Carlos G.;

Delgado,Christopher L.;
Document Date
2019/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
137209
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mozambique,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2019/05/29
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The Cassava Value Chain in Mozambique
Keywords
cassava production

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Costa,Carlos G.; Delgado,Christopher L..

The Cassava Value Chain in Mozambique (English). Jobs Working Paper|issue no. 31 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/340481559135255608

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