However, there is a case for some action on controlling cereal imports and substitutes, and in particular manioc.
They include agreements with exporting countries designed to restrict imports of manioc accompanied by financial and technical aid.
But the industry—that is, the whole industry, the farmers and the millers—by ingenious use of manioc and other cereal substitutes has managed to stabilise itself.
Yams are subject to the import quota arrangements introduced earlier this year for manioc.
At that time it seemed to me to be as poisonous as the other variety of manioc.
Another illogicality which we in this country must examine very closely is the importation of manioc and other substitutes for carbohydrates and barley.
But the important thing about manioc in this particular area is that its cultivation has increased enormously from about 1970.
In upland agroforestry, plantain and manioc (main food crops) are planted first, followed by tree crops; at any moment in the crop rotation the plot may be left in fallow.
