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 Hoang Kim, Nguyen Van Ngai, Reinhardt Howeler and Hernan Ceballos 2008. Current situation of cassava in Vietnam and its potential as a bio – fuel (India 1-2 May 2008)
Hoang Kim, Nguyen Van Ngai, Reinhardt Howeler and Hernan Ceballos 2008. Current situation of cassava in vietnam and its potential as a bio – fuel. Paper presented at IFAD/ICRISAT Project Launching Meeting “ Harnessing water –use efficient bio-energy crops for enhancing livelihood opportunities of smallholder farmers in Asia, Africa and Latin America" hosted by ICRISAT- Patancheru, 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India, 12 May, 2008. In: Crops for Biofuel at <http://www.cropsforbiofuel.blogspot.com> or Cassava Viet at <http://www.cropsforbiofuel.blogspot.com>
ABSTRACT
Cassava in Vietnam is among the four most important food crops. But it has always been considered a secondary crop even though it has played an important role in national food security, especially during the difficulty year of the late 1970s. During the past two decades of economic renovation, Vietnam has successfully escaped lingering food deficiency. Cassava now an important source of cash income to small farmers, who either use it for animal feeding or for sale to starch factories. In 2007, cassava fresh root production in Vietnam was about 8.90 million tones, up from only 1.99 million tones in 2000. This was achieved through both area expansion, from 237,600 to 560,000 ha and marked increases in yield, from 8.36 t/ha in 2000 to 15.89 t/ha in 2006. While eighteen years ago there were no medium- or large-scale cassava starch factories in Vietnam, there are now 60 cassava processing factories in operation with a total processing capacity of 3.2 - 4.8 million tones of fresh roots/year. Total cassava starch production in Vietnam was about 800,000- 1,200,000 tones, of which 70% was exported and 30% used domestically. Vietnam has developed an E10 policy requiring the production of 100 to 150 million liters per year. Petrosetco, a division of PetroVietnam, plans to build two tapioca-based ethanol plants in southern and central Vietnam. The state-run company signed two separate deals with Japan's Itochu Corp. and UK's Bronzeoak Group last year. The joint venture with Itochu will see the set up of a plant with a 75 million litre annual capacity in southern part of the country. Petrosetco and Bronzeoak are investigating the possibility of a 150 million litre plant in central Vietnam. Both plants will draw ethanol from tapioca chips sourced from within Vietnam, according to sources close to the projects. Vietnam is now probably the second largest exporter of cassava products, after Thailand with 0.60 million tones of starch and 1.20 million tones of cassava chip, respectively in year 2007.. Major markets of Vietnam’s cassava exports are the P.R. of China and Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and countries in Eastern Europe. Besides, animal feed factories also contributed significantly to the increasing demand for cassava roots. Although in Vietnam cassava processing is a relatively new business and export volumes are still low, the cassava processing factories are new and modern. That is why Vietnam’s cassava products may have a competitive advantage in the world market.
Key words: Cassava in Vietnam, Bio-fuel :14969
Created : 14-11-2008
Last update19-11-2008
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