Low productivity and reduced starch content worry cassava industries in Brazil
Cassava
Brazil
Published Sep 6, 2022
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The cassava that is being delivered to the starch, flour and beiju industries in Paraná has a lower-than-expected income and low quality. Crop productivity also dropped: the average of 50 to 60 tons per bushel dropped to between 30 and 40 tons.
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The comment was made at the Friday (02) meeting of the Cassava Industries Union of Paraná (SIMP) by the former president of the entity, Guido Bankhardt. According to him, this situation is still a result of the climatic phenomena of last year and of plagues this year: three frosts and then the drought. At the end of 2021 the crops were infested by caterpillars and in March this year by the whitefly. The hope of the producers was that, as of this second semester, there would be an improvement, which ended up not happening. “New cassava, in some cases, is even worse, with low quality and low starch content”, says Bankhardt, who is also director of the Brazilian Association of Cassava Starch Producers (ABAM). In his assessment, the crops that are disappointing for their starch content will all be harvested now. “They will not leave it for the second cycle, because the starch content will not improve. Only good cassava will be left for the second cycle”, added the former president of ...
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