Tapioca flour makers meet minister

Theerachai said after the meeting with Somchai Sritrakul, president of the association, that the association showed concerns over the overwhelming interest of farmers in growing cassava roots, which enjoy an increase in price due to demand for food and biodiesel production.

 Theerachai said that the association fears that in the next year, tapioca prices could fall due to the overproduction.

 "They asked the ministry to find measures to raise the yield per rai, reduce the plantation cost and maintain the export market. Preliminarily, the Office of Agricultural Economics has been assigned to have tapioca farmers registered and to investigate the plantation areas and processing plants nationwide. The information is necessary for the mapping of short and long-term strategies," he said.

- The Nation