Ethanol production from cassava pulp can also play an important
role in helping meet the AEDP target and utilizing by-product
from starch processing, increasing its value and offsetting loss cost
from the starch production plant. This option can aid the reduction
of cassava feedstock amount required for producing ethanol for
AEDP target. Therefore, the yield improvement option can satisfy
feedstock requirement without the need for plantation land
expansion. MFCA allocates the cost to both negative product cost
(material loss cost) and positive product cost (product that can be
sold) in order to indicate the loss in economic value. Loss cost and
possible loss cost reduction recognized by applying MFCA can be
advantageous information for decision maker in government and
private sectors to justify the cost effectiveness of their subsidies.
Additionally, it allows them to consider and take into account to
invest in implementing the technologies to reduce loss and increase
productivity or recover by-products to meet the target. Thus,
more research funding and investment from the government in
these technologies should be encouraged and more detailed technology
assessment should be conducted.