Wow, John, thanks!

Interestingly, we have been considering a combination view. Whilst an Ethanol plant is reasonably priced it is still well out of the range of most farmers, at least if they operate singly, hence the need to find an investor or two.

However, Jatropha is a crop that can be planted to safeguard cassava from pests and also produce biodiesel and from what I understand produce for soaps etc. It seems rather more conducive to the many small cooperatives that exist. Having said that, I will also look into the Thermal Depolymerisation plant option.

You are certainly right about the concern for cassava under production. One recent plant had to close because its activity caused the local price of cassava to escalate to such an extent that it could no longer afford to buy it.