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Global Cassava Product Markets:
Biotechnology Opportunities and Implications

Henry G. and G. Chuzel

1. CIRAD-Amis, ProsPER Cône Sud, Rua Paulo Castro P. Nogueira, 600, Campinas-SP, 13092-400, Brasil guyhenry@lexxa.com.br
2. CIRAD-Amis, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier, France
gerard.chuzel@cirad.fr

        Background research on potential markets for the Global Cassava Development Strategy is updated and refocused in this paper. It first presents a relative comparison of the principal global cassava product growth markets, followed by a detailed analysis of international starch markets, the main players, source materials, products and recent dynamics. This is complemented by a discussion on the trends and future potential for chips, fresh roots and snack food trade. The second part of the paper identifies and analyzes for each product group and market channel biotechnology-based R&D interventions that could possibly create and/or strengthen the competitive edge of the product in international trade. The third part attempts to assess the numerous implications these interventions could have, if successful, regarding issues of small versus large scale farms, GMO versus GMO-free, monetary returns to farmers and processors, and production, processing and marketing systems. The paper concludes with a set of questions that ought to be relevant to formulators of cassava biotechnology research agendas.

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