Among the cash crops that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is promoting, cassava has one of the biggest potential because of its industrial use as an additive in many processed food products and animal feed.

Also known as a versatile and drought-resistant crop, cassava is becoming one of the major farm products in the Cagayan Valley (Region 2) along with rice and corn. Cassava is locally known as kamoteng kahoy or balinghoy.

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