{"id":447,"date":"2017-12-13T13:28:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T03:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/?page_id=447"},"modified":"2019-11-22T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T01:27:11","slug":"country-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/country-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Cassava production and processing in Southeast Asia<\/h4>\n<p>Throughout mainland Southeast Asia, cassava (<em>Manihot esculenta<\/em>) has become an important smallholder crop grown by millions of upland farmers. During the last decade, the area of cultivation has expanded rapidly to meet the growing demand for carbohydrates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AsiaArea-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"349\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-632\" style=\"width: 517px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Global-yields-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"415\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Average yields in Asia relative to other regions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the following section the national production statistics from FAO are presented. While these statistics are useful to compare between countries, they can be somewhat misleading given the diversity of production and processing systems within a country. More detailed information can be accessed through the country pages that highlight some of these differences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/cambodi\/\">Cambodia<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-631\" style=\"width: 362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CambodiaFAO-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"328\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassava area and yield in Cambodia (Source: FAO Stats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-633\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IndonesiaFAO-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"318\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassava area and yield in Indonesia (Source: FAOStats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/lao-pdr\/\">Lao PDR<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-634\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LaoFAO-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"351\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassava area and yield in Lao PDR (Source: FAOStats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/vietnam\/\">Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-637\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/VietnamFAO-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"317\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassava area and yield in Vietnam (Source: FAOStats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Myanmar<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MyanmarFAO-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"353\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassava area and yield in Myanmar (Source: FAOStats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thailand<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ThailandFAO-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"320\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassava area and yield in Thailand (Source: FAOStats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Cassava production and processing in Southeast Asia Throughout mainland Southeast Asia, cassava (Manihot esculenta) has become an important smallholder&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/cassavavaluechains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}