Presented as part of the seminar: South at the Steering Wheel – Improving sustainability in land investment for bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa
29th May 2012, 08:00 – 17:30
Naturvårdsverket (Swedish EPA), Stockholm, Sweden
Speaker: Boma Simeon Anga, Cassava Agro Industries(Nigeria)
For bioenergy and food from Cassava, Boma Simeon Anga lists the issues:
- Availability of contiguous large land holdings suitable for mechanized farming
- Availability of large quantities of disease free improved high yielding cassava stems
- Availability of large volume of fresh cassava of a uniform quality and price all year round
- Project must be conceived as an integrated project with the bio-energy refinery situated within the cassava farm
- Consider integrating an out grower contract farming scheme into your feedstock development and supply program