**2.1.1 Aplications**

In Latin America and other continents, cassava flour is sold primarily as a potential substitute for cereal flours (wheat and sorghum) in the field of baking (Shittu et al, 2008, Benitez et al, 2008). However, cassava flour has cyanogenic content (specific processing technology) that limit their applications in this niche market, because the standards set in these components in relation to human consumption (Ceballos, 2002).

It is possible to develop higher value-added products based on cassava flour in order to expand production and processing and open new markets, promoting the establishment of rural industries and providing the opportunity to expand the income of small farmers (Garcia et al, 2005).

The probability that cassava flour can increase its demand in industrial applications such as adhesives plant, plywood, corrugated cardboard, thread cones, packaging materials, among others, is very high, due to environmental concerns that have emerged in recent decades, not only in Colombia, but also globally, so it requires implementation in the various products of renewable materials, cassava flour being one of the alternatives with great prospects in this area (Ceballos, 2002). However, the materials sector based on cassava flour is unexplored and little known in the market for this power plant.
