1. GROUP 2 CASSAVA VALUE CHAIN

2. TEAM COMPOSITION MUNSANJE S MUDENDA – ZAMBIA MARGARET CHIIPANTHENGA- MALAWI KAROLINE SICHALWE – TANZANIA NSAJIGWA MWAKYUSA - TANZANIA

3. PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS Pest and diseases Poor institutional capacity Human Infrastructure No sustainable seed system Land use Livestock challenge Policy issues/ Legislations

4. Solved by conventional?? Yes to some extent Pest and disease However Time consuming Use of Biotechnology - molecular tool? Yes for some constraints i.e. Pest and diseases Seed system Availability of clean material (indexing and rapid multiplication in tissue culture

5. CASSAVA GROWERS Small scale farmers >80%

6. END MARKET The product Food Difference between urban and market? Yes Urban Flesh cassava Fried cassava Rural Fresh cassava Flour to make Ugali/Nsima Potential industrial use? Starch extraction industry Bakery Products Beer making

7. OPPORTUNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH?  Opportunity?  Yes  Steps towards sustainable economic growth  Production – Disease Resistant Varieties/ Early Bulking Varieties etc.  Capacity Building - Human/ Institutional  Sustainable Seed System Development  Storage / Post Harvest Technologies.  Demand Creation Activities.  Processing – Public Private Partnerships/ Improve financial Services.  Policy /Biotechnology Statutory Instruments/ Human Animal Conflict Resolution.  Who to be involved?  Public-Private Partnership  Researchers  Extension  Farmers  Investors (commercial, industries)  Policy makers  NGOs  Agro-dealers

8. APPLICABLE CASSAVA VALUE ADDITION OPPORTUNITIES? Opportunities Ethanol Starch Beer