Nigeria: NB, Psaltry, IFDC Sign Agreement to Optimise Cassava Productivity

25 February 2015

Nigerian Breweries, NB Plc, Psaltry International Company Ltd, and the International Fertilizer Development Centre, IFDC, through its Towards Sustainable Clusters in Agribusiness and Learning in Entrepreneurship , 2SCALE have signed a Partnership agreement to optimize the cassava value chain in Nigeria and improve agribusiness for Nigerian smallholder farmers.

The Partnership Agreement is collaboration between the parties to improve outputs of smallholder farmers and consequently support economic development as well as promote inclusive growth in Africa. The partnership will enhance farmers' productivity and increase supply of high-quality cassava roots to Psaltry ,which will, in turn, provide industrial quality cassava starch for Nigerian Breweries to extract maltose syrup for use in the brewing process.

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