1. Bammy is made from Casava and sometimes substituted in Jamaica for bread

2. In addition to rice, the cooperatives also work with seeds used to make vegetable oil and casava products.

3. Factors for the great population growth include the impact of Dutch colonial rule including the imposed end to civil war in Java, the increase in the area under rice cultivation, and the introduction of food plants such as casava and maize that could sustain populations that could not afford rice.