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• Cassava is a perennial woody shrub with an edible root, which grows in tropical and subtropical areas of the world like Asia and southern Africa.

• The plant
• Cultivation and climate
• Soil and fertilizer
• Harvested and yield
• Disease, pests and toxicity

• Growing areas in the world
• Growing areas in Thailand

• Type of products
• Processing and production factors

- Supply of cassava
- Starch processing operation

Step 1	Importance of quick process
Step 2	Peeling and washing

Step 3

Rasping or Pulping
Hand and mechanical rasping Hydraulic raspers
Engine-driven raspers

Step 4	Screening Hand screening The rotation screen The shaking screen Jet extractors The Dorr-Olivier DSM screen
Step 5	Setting and Purification of starch
Step 6	Drying
Step 7	Finishing and packaging

     - Exaction of starch from dried cassava roots
     - Baker tapioca products
     - Cassava products for animal feed

• Application in food industries
• Application in the glucose industry
• Application in composite flours
• Application in mechanical leavening
• Application in animal feed
• Application in nonfood use
• Application in fermented products

• World production
• Thailand production

• Type of product for the domestic market
• Significance of local use in comparison with the export market

• World demand/use
• Thai share in the world market
• Major importing countries
• Major product for export

• Competitors
• Factors for export

• For cassava pellets and cassava stripe
• Fort cassava starch and other cassava products

• Thai industrial standards for tapioca products
• Codex standard for edible cassava flour

• Thailand�s traditional tapioca trading process
• Typical flaws for the traditional trading process

After the past government�s efforts to establish a Thai futures market, the present government led by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has concretely carried on with the plan. Five target products to be initially traded through the system - rice, rubber, tapioca, shrimp, and sugar.

• Pros of the futures market
• Cons of the futures market