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Nigeria Championing Cassava to Boost Food Security, Economy

Nigeria is heavily promoting cassava flour to support local farmers, create new jobs, and to reduce the need for food importation.

Nigeria: Nepad Forum to Champion Cassava Development

This Day, 4 November 2013

NEPAD Business Group Nigeria (NBGN) is set to hold its first Cassava Investment Forum in Abuja on November 7. Read more »

Children selling cassava roots in the market at Dire, a small town on the northern bank of the River Niger, west of Timbuktu, Mali.

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Nigeria: FG Told to Provide Cassava Flour for Bakers in the Country

Daily Trust, 30 October 2013

The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to make cassava flour readily available and affordable to enable bakers improve their… Read more »
Nigeria: Cooperative Solicits FG, OYSG Collaboration On Cassava

Vanguard, 18 October 2013

Chairman, Nigeria Cassava Growers Association's Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Union (FMCU) in Oyo State, Mr Muideen Adekunle, has appealed for federal and state governments'… Read more »

Financing Agricultural Development in Nigeria, October 2013

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For smallholder farmers, collateral and credit is key. Photo: (far left) Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, and colleagues, holding a prize cassava. Ekiti ... see more »

Nigeria: ... Commissions Cassava Factory in Cross River

Daily Trust, 14 October 2013

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commissioned a cassava processing factory in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. Read more »
Nigeria: 7,000 Cassava Farmers Benefit From N1 Billion Agric Loan

This Day, 3 October 2013

At least 7,000 cassava farmers are expected to benefit from the N1 billion agricultural loan to be disbursed by the Sokoto state government in order to improve cassava production. Read more »
Nigeria: How Cassava Bread Will Boost Economy, By Agric Minister

Vanguard, 23 September 2013

THE Federal Government has said that the current innovation in the agricultural sector, which is geared towards the production of cassava wheat for bread production, would not only… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Saves Over N127 Billion Through Cassava Input

This Day, 20 September 2013

The Technical Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Adetunji, has declared that as a result of the inclusion of twenty per cent of cassava… Read more »
Nigeria: Knotty Cassava Tubers Can Change a Nation

allAfrica, 13 June 2013

When Mathius Karoni shops for bread at his local Park 'n' Shop supermarket, he's not thinking about the contribution he's making to Nigeria's national budget or to the farmers… Read more »

Nigeria: Banking on Knotty Cassava Tubers

Many Nigerian shoppers find little to differentiate 'cassava bread' from the ordinary variety, except value for money. Banking on that consumer response is a high-stakes bet that ... Read more »
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