date:Jun 07, 2013
contain protein, iron, calcium, vitamin A and vitamin C. Other parts of the plant may be used as animal feed.
Cassava may be processed into flour that partially may substitute for wheat flour. American Key Food Products, Closter, N.J., offers King Lion cassava flour that may be used in gluten-free foods.
Smallholder farmers in more than 100 tropical and subtropical countries grow cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). The F.A.O. estimates global harvest in 2012 at more than 280 million tonnes, a