Can Cassava (kamoteng kahoy) be a rice substitute

Looking forward to the future of business

My uncle (as seasoned agri businessman) and I were discussing what possible businesses to introduce to constituents of an elected relative to provincial positions.  While mine was agri forestry which takes 5 or more years to harvest, he proposed cassava.  It grows every where is not dependent on too much water, not prone to diseases and not very much affected by typhoons.  It bears tubers in five years or less.

Why not try?

He suggests area of 100 hectares or more mechanized.    Cassava can be used for flour, startch (as what Liwayway now Oishi did) ethanol, pharmaceutical and confectionary and beauty products (as sorbitol)

and even biogradable plastic

While the issue of rice importation, tariffs are highly politicized, may it be suggested that we work on substitutes or alternatives.   

Shall we seniors live longer? At ripe age of 70+?

Looking forward to the future of business

I often go on conversation of an uncle, a businessman in Agri, a licensed vet, a business leader,  about 70+ years old too like me, and we talked about our impending mortality.  Shall we live longer?   He said we do because we are useful to the society.   He for instance helped ease egg supply and lower cost of inputs in other farms (due to his feed mills) and also provided countless jobs to his farm hands, office and factory workers. (Last Friday, though he had lens on his left eye changed in a 30 minute operation.   )

By the grace of Good Lord, prayerfully he would give us longer life to continue our mission of helping Providence provide for the other members of this Kingdom on earth.