Sustainable cassava: Strategies from production through waste management

Ogwu, Matthew Chidozie; Izah, Sylvester Chibueze; Alves, Alfredo Augusto Cunha; and Babu, Suresh Chandra. 2024. Sustainable cassava: Strategies from production through waste management. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2022-0-02934-2

Sustainable Cassava: Strategies from Production through Waste Management presents viable approaches to promote sustainability in this globally important crop, enabling future generations to benefit. Presented in three parts, the first addresses cassava diversity and distribution, sustainable production and cultivation practices, and root processing innovations of the crop. Cassava trade policies and economic value chains, food safety and use of cassava, and agro-industrial cassava products are addressed in the second part. The third part focuses on bioeconomy aspects, cassava waste quality assessment, toxicology, sanitary practices, environmental risk assessment as well as sustainable management strategies for cassava waste using biotechnological and industrial advances.

Addressing the need for a unified and standardized approach for the trade, management, and utilization of cassava genetic resources, finished products, and cassava processing wastes, the book also explores policy and governance structure for addressing environmental and economic issues emanating from their use.