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.
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