Potencialidades Técnico-Económicas para Producir Casabe en Cuba

Abstract

The technical-economic potentials for the mechanized production of cassava in Cuba are determined applying technological assimilation and considering the uncertainty in the demand of the product. The analysis is made for Cuban cassava varieties harvested with industrial ends. It intends the technological outline for the mechanized process, guaranteeing the requirements of security and quality. The balances of materials and energy are modeled, the point of balance of the project is determined and analysis of sensibility is made to the behavior of the prices and the plant size. Revenues exceeded costs from a capacity of 1 t_roots/d. To generate small productions that allow to motivate the consumption and to consolidate the markets and it proposes the combination of the selections casabe, flour and starch. When the markets are consolidated can be achieved productions that reach periods of recovery smaller than four years when the size of the project is bigger to 2,25 t_roots/d, obtaining superior productions to the 0,92 t_casabe/d. The project reaches similar results to capacity of 1,4 t_roots/d and scenarios of prices of casabe 15 % more favorable than the current ones.