The agricultural ministry of Nigeria has announced its target to
produce 51mn metric tonnes of cassava in 2017.
Cassava is the Third largest source of food carbohydrates in Africa,after rice and maize
Akinwunmi Adeshina, Nigeria’s minister of
agriculture, said, “In 2014, 38mn metric tonnes of cassava was produced in
Nigeria. Our target for 2017 is to reduce the cost of production and this
varies with locations within Nigeria.
We want to reduce cost by giving out improved
varieties to farmers, which we have been doing in the last three years.”The federal government had a bulk sum of about
US$22.3mn deposited with the Bank of Industry, which it is going to use to
support and upgrade equipment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) producing
cassava flour, Adeshina added.
The Ministry stated that quality management
training will be introduced in terms of skill development and business
development to improve upon capacity of the existing SME.According to the minister, the
