THE GLOBAL CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

A cassava industrial revolution in Nigeria
The potential for a new industrial crop

Truman P. Phillips and Daphne S. Taylor
dTp Studies Inc., Canada

Lateef Sanni
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria

Malachy O. Akoroda
University of Ibadan
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2004
 

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CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgements
Explanatory Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Executive Summary

1. Introduction

1.1 Study Objectives
1.2 The Cassava Statistical Handbook
1.3 Regional Production Models
1.4 The Revolution

2. Cassava Production

2.1 Current Status
2.2 Future Targets
2.3 New Initiatives
2.4 The Way Forward

3. Processing and Utilization

3.1 Current Status
3.2 Future Targets
3.3 New Initiatives
3.4 The Way Forward

4. Prices and Margins

4.1 Current Status
4.2 Future Targets
4.3 New Initiatives
4.4 The Way Forward

5. Development Clusters

5.1 Current Status
5.2 Future Targets
5.3 New Initiatives
5.4 The Way Forward

6 The Ultimate Way Forward

6.1 The Objective
6.2 Beneficiaries
6.3 The Process
6.4 Outcomes and Activities

References
Appendix A
Appendix B
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