Cassava chips are inputs into both the animal feeds and biofuels industries,
and involves the sorting of root tubers which are then crudely cut and dried in
open-air drying yards. Lower-grade “normal chips” are fed into the cassava
pellet and bio-fuels industries. The higher-grade “clean chips” are used
directly as domestic animal feed, but require the peeling and cleaning of
tubers, necessitating rudimentary forms of mechanization (using rotating
drums or a screen filter), and an additional day of drying. They have a lower
sand and fiber content than “normal” chips