Scope potential and limitations

Tropical tuber crops are considered as third important food crops of Odisha. Tuber crops have higher biological efficiency and produce more dry matter per day per unit area as compared to all other food crops.
These crops have inherent capacity to withstand several adverse abiotic and biotic stresses.
Tuber crops are also considered as a good source of vegetable and can be used as feed and as raw materials in several agro based industries.

Being a cheap source of starch cassava, sweet potato and arrowroot have the tremendous potential to develop agro-based industries on a commercial basis. Feed requirement for animal husbandry and fishery sector can be met by the utilization of tubers and leaves of cassava and sweet potato.