The area planted to cassava in Vietnam now has 560,000 ha, exports reached $ 1.3 billion in 2012 and $ 1.1 billion in 2013. According to Prof. Dr. Bui Chi Buu, one of two agricultural scientists Vietnam is now the organization invited consultants, the reason for this move is the Vietnam office has come a long way in the cassava and become the 2nd largest exporter in the world (after Thailand). CIAT hope to Asian office in the capital of Vietnam, a country that has the most dynamic agricultural sector, will help facilitate more active CIAT.

Billions in revenue by exporting cassava

export cassava latTu 26 to 29/5, in Hanoi, the Board of Management Research Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) had its first meeting on the occasion of the CIAT Asia office moved from Bangkok to Hanoi internal (within the Agricultural Genetics Institute).

According to Prof. Dr. Bui Chi Buu, one of two agricultural scientists of Vietnam was invited to advise the organization, the reason for this move is the Vietnam office has come a long way in the cassava and back the 2nd largest exporter in the world (after Thailand). CIAT hope to Asian office in the capital of Vietnam, a country that has the most dynamic agricultural sector, will help facilitate more active CIAT.

According to the document circulated at the meeting, cassava area of Vietnam has 560,000 ha, exports reached $ 1.3 billion in 2012 and $ 1.1 billion in 2013. The increase cassava productivity 2 times mainly due bred new varieties as KM94, KM 98-1, SM 937-26 ... from genetic resources of CIAT.

However cassava in Vietnam is not sustainable because the gap between productivity of the world's major categories, as in Tay Ninh cassava yield of 30 tonnes / ha (not irrigated area) and 50 tonnes / ha (with additional irrigated areas), many other places only 15-17 tonnes / ha.

The gap between productivity by improving breeding and transfer technique has great significance in the implementation of the planning area is not open yet reached the high starch. The cassava cultivation area of Vietnam is facing five new dangerous pest on cassava as broom disease, pink mealybug, bacterial leaf blight, white beetle, red spider.

CIAT will promote investment of USD 13 million to build gene banks and cassava forage crops, invest a modern laboratory in Hanoi.