Cassava Starch Industry Research Articles

The cassava starch industry in Vietnam: can small firms survive and prosper?

The paper focuses on the starch industry in Vietnam. That industry is mainly composed of small firms that adapted to rapid change over the past decade. There are also large firms and multinationals in the industry. Based on 1998 field survey data, an analysis of microefficiency and transaction costs suggests that small and medium firms can survive and prosper in the industry. A policy strategy that promotes small and medium firms increases rural incomes, important in a country that is still mainly rural and where the income gap between urban and rural areas is growing.

SCP production and removal of organic load from cassava starch industry waste by yeasts

Wastewater obtained from the cassava processing industry was used to produce single cell protein (SCP). A few selected strains of yeasts were analysed for the SCP production based on the criteria of best biomass yield and high reduction in Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) under nitrogen limitation. The monoculturing of Candida tropicalis gave the highest μmax with a protein enhancement of 4 fold and 50% decrease in COD. The performance of cocultures have shown an improvement in the COD removal of the wastewater and in the percent increase of protein. The effects of coculturing were better in a lab fermentor under controlled conditions.