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Several business opportunities with high profit making
potential, which are economic
catalysts and components to the Strategy for African Countries, are listed in following
table.
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a-
SHEA BUTTER (Issues 5,
6,
7,
11,
12,
13)
b- BLUE GOLD (Issues 14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19)
c- FREEZE-DRIED PAPAIN (Issues 20,
21,
22
and here)
d- KENAF (Issues 23,
24)
e- VEGETABLE OIL (Issues 25,
26,
27
and 28)
f- CEREALS (Issues 30,
31,
32,
33)
g- FRUITS (34,
35,
36,
37,
38,
39,
40,
42,
43,
44,
45,
46)
h- ESSENTIAL OILS (47,
48,
49,
50,
51,
52)
i- ROOTS & TUBERS 54)
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INTRODUCTION TO TROPICAL ROOTS AND
TUBERS: II - ROOTS AND TUBERS
ARE ECONOMIC CATALYSTS
Cassava,
potato, and sweet potato rank
among the top 10 food crops produced in developing countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa - SSA - is expected to experience
the fastest growth in food demand for all roots and
tubers, largely driven by rapid population's growth.
SSA share in the total demand for developing countries
will be 53 percent, with cassava accounting for two-thirds
of the increase.
The series, which started
with last delivery, deals with the processing
of the raw material.. Cultivation techniques and
particularities are not considered. Here available is
a report on how
to develop Cassava as a strategic crop.
Rare are industrial concerns established in SSA countries
that transform Cassava into value added products - as
reported in the diagram available here. Below listed
are four processed cassava's products, which highlight
the fact that cassava could be an important components
- an Economic Catalyst - to the Integrated
Economic Development Scheme:
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CASSAVA CHIPS AND PELLETS
PELLETS: Cassava
dried pellets are used as substitute to cereals in livestock
feed formulation to lower the cost of animal feed's
production. Therefore, to conquer animal feed's market,
anywhere in the world, one should produce cassava pellets
as least coast - cheaper than cereals when it reached
the final destination. Other constraints are:
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The regularity of supply.
- The Moisture content that is the consistency in
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The production of dried cassava pellets can be carried
out either with labor intensive operations - several
thousand of transformers - or on industrial basis. The
labor intensive option is excellent to fighting unemployment.
However, strict operational instructions needed to obtaining
consistencies in quality should be considered if the
export market is the target. Click
here for more on pellets and chips production.
Although
Thais were not traditional eaters of cassava, Thailand's
decision makers deliberately chose to develop - in the
1960's - cassava cultivation as a strategic crop for
exports markets. They succeeded to conquering first
European Union' market and second South East Asian one.
African countries tried to follow suit but were not
able to compete with Thailand, which shipped huge amount
to overseas at competitive prices against cereals.
CHIPS: Cassava chip
is an excellent appetizer. There is a huge market for
it not only in developed countries but in Africa itself.
Here, the production can be done only through industrial
process because consistency in quality is the precondition
to conquering customers.
Producing pellets and chips are opportunities not to
be missed for African countries. Cassava pellets will
help not only developing livestock's production, but
can be used to produce glues and alcohol that are imported
from abroad in most African countries.
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CASSAVA STARCH
Starch is a multipurpose raw material in chemical industry.
Cassava starch has advantage on cereals' starch:
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Greater viscosity.
- Resistance to shear stress.
- Resistance to freezing. |
There are two main classes of starch-based products:
1- Unmodified or native starch. 2- Physical,
chemical or biological Modified starches for
industrial purposes to producing sweeteners, including
high fructose syrup, glucose (dextrin, monosodium glutamate,
pharmaceuticals.).For
more on Cassava Starch click here
Developing a Cassava based starch industry is a sure
recipe to establishing a strong chemical and food industries:
baby foods, non-allergenic products and food for hospitalized
persons. Modified cassava starch can compete with cereals'
starches for sizing paper and textiles, producing glues
and adhesives, sweeteners, nutriceucals
dustings and disintegrating pills, bio-degradable products,
butanol and acetone, explosives, and corrugated boxes.
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CASSAVA FLOUR
Wet cassava flour (attiekè in West Africa) or
dried toasted cassava flour (farinha in Brazil, gari
in West Africa) are popular human food staples.. Both
kinds of flour are traditionally produced from fresh
cassava at home or at village level. Farinha is produced
in Brazil on small and large-scale operations.
Gari and Attieke production on large industrial basis
is an economic development opportunity for African countries.
The market is huge as it concerns the whole African
continent. Here
available is an Adobe PDF document about Cassava's potential
market in Nigeria alone. You may need Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
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CASSAVA ALCOHOL:
Biomass
alcohol's production - from cereals, roots and tubers
- is a cheaper alternative to capital intensive technology
based on gas. Ethanol can be produced from starch based
substrates - such as cassava, potatoes - instead of
sugar based one - sugar cane, sweet sorghum for example.
Ethanol production from cassava represents an outstanding
opportunity for African country to producing a primary
raw material for a string of products for the food industry,
pharmaceuticals, paints and glues.
Starting
from issue 56 brief investment data will be considered
for each of the four categories of business opportunities
above reported.
Adobe
Acrobat Reader is available here
- Interested parties (Private African and international investors /
companies, government agencies, international development agencies) can send an email or Fax Dr. Quenum & Associates at: +1 347 534 9329 for further consulting on implementing this interesting venture. Before you consult please click here to review this clarification
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