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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..

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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