Agricultural areas near Pattaya East and Cassava
It's always interesting to see the Agriculture in Pattaya East to follow. At the moment, the different stages of it Cassava crop to see. On the one hand, fields have already been harvested, elsewhere this has just been planted or fields are still full of this crop.
Originally, the cassava comes from Brazil and was spread further to Africa by the Portuguese navigators after the discovery of America. The crop was already 3000 BC. known, as evidenced by archaeological finds of tools used for scraping the tubers.
It is a savannah plant and can even grow on poor, dry soil, but yields are relatively low. An additional advantage is that this plant is resistant to locusts.
Cassava is the third major food source in the tropics next to rice and corn. Initially, only the root was used. This must be rinsed well, otherwise it is poisonous. The dried cassava can be processed into flour and is gluten-free, the so-called tapioca flour. The root can be processed in various ways: boiling, baking, frying, steaming and grilling. Prawn crackers are also made from it by Go-Tan in Thailand and by Conimex in the Netherlands. Whether it is used for animal feed in the Netherlands, I could no longer find.
The leaves are rich in protein unlike the root. Boiling 100 grams of leaves with 15 grams of ginger root and 1 stem of lemon creates a mixture that offers relief to rheumatism patients by applying this mixture to the rheumatism spot.
In short, a versatile crop.
Source: Wikipedia, ea
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Think that 98% is intended for animal feed.
How unfortunate this is for such good food.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1997/07/26/vleesindustrie-kon-bloeien-dankzij-goedkoop-veevoer-7362082-a1258618
I myself work in the animal feed sector and I can tell you that tapioca has NOT been processed for years!
Cassava is now often planted as a second crop after the rice is off the field. This especially on the slightly higher rice fields that dry up after the rainy season. If I'm not mistaken it's called 'Man sapalang' in Thai. The crop requires little care and can be harvested after three months in the best case scenario. Six months would be ideal, but that is too long because they already have to prepare the land for the rice plant. Until last year the farmers got a good price for the man sapalang; 3 to 4THB/kg… as more and more cassava is being planted, the price has now dropped to 2 to 3THB/kg. For the farmers, however, it is a nice additional source of income and the fruit requires little from the soil, compared to tabac, for example.
I planned 2 rai, when it was at 2 bht and had 2 carrots slaving out of it. If only I gave the harvest to a Thai. What are they stuck in ground.pfff