Tapioca (Cassava) is a well known tuber crop. It is widely used as food, feed and for industrial purposes.
it is a very good and cheap source of energy.
Tapioca is a native of Brazil. It is widely grown in tropical developing countries. It grows well in lands with low fertility. Tapioca is propagated using setts (stem cuttings) and is easy to cultivate. Tubers is the edible part. Tapioca offers multiple uses. I. Food industry : 1) Human foods - Flour (substitute for flour from wheat, corn etc.), sweets like laddu, pudding, payasam, halwa, etc., non-sweet items like chips, uppuma, pakoda, vada etc. 2) Animal feed. II. Non-food Industry : Starch from tapioca
Tuber is utilised in industries like paper, pulp. textile, plywood, rubber, medicines, glue, glucose, pharmaceuticals, laundry etc. Alcohol obtained from tapioca roots is used for making soup, noodles, sauce, bread, cake, confectioneries, vermicelli, sausage and other bakery products. Tapioca has the capacity to withstand biotic and abiotic stresses than most of the other crops.