ABSTRACT
The cassava starch industry is important enough to warrant the attention of both researchers as well as exporters in developing countries, considering the fact that about 85% of the export of starches by these countries is accounted for by cassava starch, though the share of cassava starch in world starch production is only 8%. The manufacture of cassava starch is, as stated earlier carried out in roughly three types of establishments. The first is the cottage industry, usually operated by a single family and producing 50 to 60 kg of crude starch per member per day. The second type, small scale enterprise, produces about 5 to 40 t of tubers per day, mainly because of more efficient rasping obtained by use of a prime mover of about 20 hp and needing little skilled labor. The third type is large scale factory which may sometimes operate its own extensive plantations, thus assuring regular supply of raw materials, processed using modern equipment.
