CIAT recently announced that the first vehicle entirely powered by biofuel made from cassava roots is out and about in Colombia. That’s just as well, because that may be all that the crop will be good for in the future.
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CIAT recently announced that the first vehicle entirely powered by biofuel made from cassava roots is out and about in Colombia. That’s just as well, because that may be all that the crop will be good for in the future.
Except of course, if you factor in the work at Biocassava Plus on reducing the levels (and enhancing the degradation) of cyanogenic glycosides in the tuberous roots. Good to know about the influence of climate change on this important staple, though!
Of course.