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Topping globally

K.K.Mustafah

A vendor piling up tapioca in Kerala's Kochi city. India tops in global productivity of tapioca with 6.06 million tonnes being produced in an area of 24 lakh hectares annually. Kerala accounts for 50 per cent of area under tapioca cultivation. Apart from food and feed utilisation, it is also used in industrial applications such as alcohol, gums, dextrins and soluble starch. — K.K.Mustafah

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