East Nusa Tenggara ready to export cassava, biofuel

East Nusa Tenggara province is set to export dried cassava and bioethanol to South Korea in 2010 with a predicted value of US$1 million, a Korean businessman has said. The cassava and bioethanol exports are expected to increase to US$101 million in 2012, he said during a meeting in Bogor, Indonesia.”We chose East Nusa Tenggara because this province has a major potential for cassava cultivation. And it is also very easy to obtain 30,000 hectares of land there compared to other provinces,” said company Director David Baek. (October 29, 2009)