Editing Cassava (section)

=== Biofuel ===

Cassava has been studied as a feedstock to produce [[ethanol]] as a [[biofuel]], including to improve the efficiency of conversion from cassava flour,<ref name="Bakky-2021">{{cite journal |last1=Bakky |first1=Aa |last2=Hoque |first2=Mr |last3=Islam |first3=Ms |title=Production of Biofuel from Cassava |journal=Journal of Environmental Science and Natural Resources |volume=12 |issue=1–2 |date=11 February 2021 |issn=2408-8633 |doi=10.3329/jesnr.v12i1-2.52032 |pages=171–174}}</ref> and to convert crop residues such as stems and leaves as well as the more easily processed roots.<ref name="Sivamani-2018">{{cite journal |last1=Sivamani |first1=Selvaraju |last2=Chandrasekaran |first2=Arun Pandian |last3=Balajii |first3=Muthusamy |last4=Shanmugaprakash |first4=Muthusamy |last5=Hosseini-Bandegharaei |first5=Ahmad |last6=Baskar |first6=Rajoo |title=Evaluation of the potential of cassava-based residues for biofuels production |journal=Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology |volume=17 |issue=3 |date=2018 |issn=1569-1705 |doi=10.1007/s11157-018-9475-0 |pages=553–570|bibcode=2018RESBT..17..553S }}</ref> China has created facilities to produce substantial amounts of ethanol fuel from cassava roots.<ref name="Anderson-Sprecher">{{cite web |last1=Anderson-Sprecher |first1=Andrew |last2=Ji |first2=James |title=China Biofuel Industry Faces Uncertain Future |publisher=USDA Foreign Agriculture Service |url=https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/report/downloadreportbyfilename?filename=Biofuels%20Annual_Beijing_China%20-%20Peoples%20Republic%20of_9-3-2015.pdf |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727083130/https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/report/downloadreportbyfilename?filename=Biofuels%20Annual_Beijing_China%20-%20Peoples%20Republic%20of_9-3-2015.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>