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Title: Opportunities for Investment in Commercial Use of Cassava in Uganda: Current status and potential for cassava value-added products

Date Published: 2016
Author/s: NATIONAL CROPS RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NaCRRI)
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Affiliation: MUKONO ZONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE - MUZARDI, NATIONAL CROPS RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NaCRRI)
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Uganda produces over 5 million tones of cassava annually. However, the industrial potential of the crop is not yet fully exploited. Cassava products with huge investment opportunities include; starch, high quality cassava flour and chips for use as raw materials in bakeries, breweries, bioethanol, paperboards and textile. Another attractive business opportunity is investment in quality cassava seed production. In Uganda, there are no entrepreneurs of quality cassava seed despite the very high demand. Cassava is already widely utilized as a commercial crop in Brazil, Thailand, China, Nigeria, Ghana and Mozambique.