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Cassava is a type of plant which has different pur-poses of use. It is used to produce various foods, bio-fibers, bio-composites, and bio-polymers. Besides, it isnow used as renewable energy source of starch. Theintention of the paper is to focus on the importance ofcassava fibers, polymers, and composites as well asits potential applications, another focus point of thisresearch is the biodegradable polymer developmentwhich is taken out from cassava starch. Moreover, thiswork gives a comprehensive review about surfacetreatments as well as the most recent developments ofcassava polymer/fiber based bio-composites and thesummary of main result presented in the literature,focusing on properties of cassava composite andapplications. These applications were related to vari-ous industrial application as well as others such as theproduction of xylenes, ethanol and bio-fuel, food, foodpackaging and cassava foam. POLYM. COMPOS.,00:000–000, 2015.