v Kodwo Ahlijah Chairman, Ghana Industrial Cassava Stakeholders Platform

PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIALISATION OF CASSAVA INDUSTRY IN CENTRAL AFRICA

AFRICA’S POTENTIAL

“AFRICA HAS 25% OF THE WORLD’S ARABLE LAND AND IT GENERATES ONLY 10% OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT. THEREFORE, IT IS YET TO REALISE ITS FULL POTENTIAL. ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY REPORTS, AFRICA’S FARM SECTOR IS EXPECTED TO GROW TO 1 TRILLION USD BY 2030, LARGELY DRIVEN BY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY” (emphasis mine)

Dr. A. Didar Singh

Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FICCI

India-Africa Agribusiness Forum 10-11 February 2016

AFRICAN CASSAVA BELT

CREATION OF NATIONAL CASSAVA PLATFORMS

Membership 1. Producers 2. Processors 3. End users/Traders 4. Researchers/standards authority 5. Policy makers/Government 6. Input suppliers

MODIFIED STARCH (SAMPLE)

• CYCLODEXTRINES: used as stabilization of food flavors and fragrances.

• DEXTRINES: used as adhesives and thickening agents.

• MALTODEXTRINS: used in food to create bulk in foods that have a liquid or gelatin-like gesture.

• POLYCARBOXYLATES: used in detergent products.

• ALKALYL GLOCOSIDES: used in a variety of household and industrial applications.

• SORBITOL: used as a non-stimulant laxative via an oral suspension or enema.

• SUCROSE: used in the plastics and cellulose industry, in rigid polyurethane foams, manufacture of ink and transparent soaps.

• SORBITAN: Esters: used as emulsifying agents in the preparation of emulsions, creams and ointments for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use.

• MALTOSE: used as a sweetener and fermentation processes.

• MALTILOL: used in processed foods as a sugar substitute.

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MODIFIED STARCH (SAMPLES)

• GLUCOSE: used as a source of energy for cells.

• MANNOSE: used in the treatment of Urinary Tract Infections.

• MANNITOL: Used in the treatment of increased intracranial pressure.

Used as a sweetener for people with diabetes and in chewing gums.

• Used as a cutting agent for heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine or illicit drugs

• FRUCTOSE: used commercially in foods and beverages.

• ORGANIC ACIDS: used in food preservation.

• GRAFT POLYMERS: used as impact resistant materials, thermoplastic elastomers, compatibilizers or emulsifiers.

• MOD STARCHES: used as thickener, texturizer, stabilizer, flavor enhancer, flavored sauces, pudding, desserts, etc.

• ALCOHOLS: used to dissolve chemicals that are insoluble in water. (Perfumes, cosmetics and essences)

• AMINO ACIDS: used for medicine

• Used as Growth hormone-releasing agents

• GLUCARATES: used as a calcium replenisher.

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TRENDS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA • South East Asia appears to be running out

lands suitable for expansion of their cassava starch industry

• It is projected that more than an additional 200,000 metric tonnes of cassava starch and derivatives are required but have no choice than to look elsewhere----Africa and South America

GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS

• ESTABLISH SIZE OF MARKET OPPORTUNITY

• INVESTMENT PROMOTION

• RE:TAX HOLIDAYS FOR INVESTORS

• RE: FREE CUSTOMS DUTY ON ALL IMPORTED AGRICULTURAL AND STARCH AND DERIVATIVES PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS

• CREATE CROP INSURANCE SCHEME

• CREATE CASSAVA RESEARCH INSTITUTE(EITHER AS A DIVISION WITHIN IITA OR AS A SEPARATE BODY)

• CREATE A STARCH DEVELOPMENT BOARD (TO SUPPORT PRIVATE INVESTORS)

CONSIDERATION OF SIZE OF STARCH PROCESSING PLANT

Cassava Waste as a Net Energy Exporter

200 TPD Starch Factory - 1,477,330 MJ per Day

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COMPARISON OF AFRICA AND SELECTED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Region Fertilizer

use

kg/ha

Irrigation

Percentage

of

arable land

Tractors

per

1000 ha

Africa 13 5 28

Average of 9

selected

Countries 208 38 241

TENANT FARMERS, MECHANISATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME

• Formal education and exposure to urban life make African youth run away from the drudgery of farming with hoes and cutlasses. Mechanisation will make them stay on the plantations in the rural areas and enjoy decent and regular income all year round. Regularity of income as Tenant Farmers will make them legible to register under Social Security or Pension Schemes. An example is the declining farm labour in the Ghana cocoa industry in the face of increasing unemployment.

CONCLUSION

• AFRICAN COUNTRIES ON THE CASSAVA BELT CAN NO LONGER WAIT BUT TO PUT IN PLACE MEASURES TO DEVELOP THE STARCH FACTORIES TO PROCESS THE ADDITIONAL CASSAVA TUBERS ,FOR BOTH IMPORT SUBSTITUTION AND EXPORT TO CHINA , SOUTH EAST ASIA AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

•Many thanks for your kind attention.

• Email:kodwo@yahoo.com