To achieve a sustainable food and energy system, it is
important that investments be made in developing,
improving, and making technologies available for feedstock
preparation, hydrolysis, and fermentation. Comprehensive
guiding policies on exploitation of the bio-fuel
sector are urgently needed for this purpose. Policies would
ensure the use of both edible and nonedible components of
the plant rather than a competition between food and
energy, thus facilitating dual plant utilization. In particular,
seed availability in communities where the stems provide
the bulk of cassava seeds, care should be taken not to
generate a shortage of adequate planting material. This is
particularly crucial in cassava-farming communities with
poor households, mainly comprising women and children