Various Benefits of Leather Cassava

For Indonesian people, no one knows no cassava or tapioca. Some parts of the cassava plant can be used as a food ingredient. Cassava tubers and leaves, is commonly consumed foods as the main source of carbohydrates and as a complement or vegetables. However, there is one more part that can still be used from this plant. The part that is considered important not even always discarded skin is part of cassava tubers. Strange indeed, but in reality cassava peel contains nutrients that can be utilized by the body and is certainly safe if consumed. The primary nutrients are contained in the cassava peel is carbohydrate.

Indeed, consumption of cassava peel can not be applied to the maximum and cassava peel just been thrown away and categorized as organic waste because it can rot and destroy itself.

If we look further afield, there are many other benefits to be gained from the utilization of cassava peel, among others: 

As organic fertilizer

Generally, cassava peel just left to rot away. In fact, if utilized, cassava can be used as compost or organic fertilizer. Environmentally friendly fertilizers and become one of the nutrients that can help the growth of a plant and can become a pest exterminator in plants.

feed 

 Benefits of cassava peel on the other hand can be used as animal feed. High carbohydrate content can facilitate livestock farmers produce fat.

 bioenergy

Cassava peel but can be used as compost and animal feed, it can also be processed and used as a source of energy that can replace fuel oil that had been used by the public. The technology is applied to produce the bioethanol through a process called enzymatic hydrolysis as well asan. One cassava peel waste utilization is once again becoming one of the programs that support program initiated by the government with regard to the supply of biofuels as an alternative pngganti fuel such as gasoline.

processed food  

The most amazing of the utilization of cassava peel waste valuable selling very high and can be directly consumed by humans is processed cassava as food. Generally, cassava is processed into chips. However, there is a region located in the province of West Java are actually successfully transform cassava into jerky. Jerky is usually made of meat, cassava is now using leather.

The idea of ​​making jerky made ​​from cassava peel arises from concern citizens who see waste cassava skin wasted and only became material feeding cattle. With such a process resilient and long, eventually they are able to produce jerky derived from cassava peel. With regard to taste, of course, is not much different from beef jerky. The good, the cassava peel beef jerky can be well received by the public and become one of the souvenirs are hunted by tourists visiting the area.

Source : http://akardanumbi.blogspot.com/2013/01/beragam-manfaat-kulit-singkong.html  

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