Assertion: cassava | /r/HasProperty | inferior
Facets:
value: in protein
type: OTHER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: erroneously
type: MANNER
value: to some grains
type: OTHER
value: in certain forms
type: OTHER
value: to potatoes
type: OTHER
value: in fat content
type: OTHER
value: to both rice
type: OTHER
value: to products such as soybeans
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As cassava is inferior in protein and fat content to both rice and potatoes, animal protein or products such as soybeans are often used to balance the diet in cassava-consuming lands.
text: Rather, in certain forms, cassava is superior to some grains.
text: Cassava starch has been found to be superior to other starches for adhesive-manufacture because it can be used in its native form, is cheaper to manufacture, has good flow characteristics, forms stable pastes with neutral pH and is miscible with synthetic resins (Dux 1967).
text: In general, two things become clear, one, cassava is an inferior product, and therefore its demand is sensitive to variations in the levels of income, and two, the variations in the real price levels have affected the farmers, who have become more conscious of this fact and reduced amounts produced in almost two years of harvests.
text: However, since Africa's independence in the 1960s, cassava has been neglected by African policy-makers and international donor and development agencies because cassava is erroneously considered an inferior food, the consumption of which will decline if incomes increase in Africa.
text: To an even greater extent than other tuberous crops, cassava is primarily a carbohydrate source containing little protein and as such is often considered as an inferior food.