Assertion: cassava's root | /r/ObjectUse | used as feedstock
Facets:
value: for producing starch
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The fact that cassava stems have a high content of starch and that the stem starch is rather easily extracted indicates the possibility of using the stems as a new resource: to replace the roots that are used as feedstock for producing starch, biofuel and biochemicals, and save the roots for increasing demands of food for humans.