Agric Institute discovers new cassava flour The Nation The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State, has discovered a new cassava flour that can save Nigeria N623 billion yearly in foreign exchange (forex). IITA Director-General Dr … and more »
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Nigeria’s Jonathan Champions Cassava Flour Bread – P.M. News
Posted by Agro2 on December 2nd, 2011
Leadership Newspapers Nigeria’s Jonathan Champions Cassava Flour Bread P.M. News With loaves of bread made from 40 per cent cassava flour being shared among his ministers in the cozy Aso Rock Council Chambers, President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday seized the moment to campaign for patronage of locally made goods by Nigerians. … Nigeria: Jonathan – [...]
Cassava in the News: FG Kicks Off Cassava Transformation Action Plan
Posted by Agro2 on November 25th, 2011
ABUJA- The Nigerian Government kicked off its Cassava Transformation Motion Plan, CTAP, last Tuesday to increase income by at least $ 450 yearly of about 1.eight million farmers and create 1.2 million jobs in the cassava sub- sector of the nation’s financial system in the next 4 years.
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who disclosed this in Abuja, additionally announced the obligatory substitution of 10 per cent of High Quality Cassava Flour, HQCF, into composite wheat flour for bread baking in Nigeria.
The Minister, who made this identified on the kick-off programme in Abuja, said the 1.2 million jobs could be created by means of a doubling of production, processing and advertising of cassava within the cassava-rising belt of the country.
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No Comments »Cassava in the News: Millers Get 3 Months To Substitute Cassava Flour With Wheat
Posted by Agro2 on November 10th, 2011
Millers Get 3 Months To Substitute Cassava Flour With Wheat Leadership Newspapers The Federal Government has given flour millers in the country a three-month ultimatum to commence the 10 per cent substitution of cassava flour for wheat flour being imported into the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, who gave [...]
Posted in Cassava News Tags: cassava, flour, Leadership, Millers, Months, News, Newspapers, Substitute, Wheat No Comments »FG kicks off cassava transformation action plan – Vanguard
Posted by Agro2 on October 9th, 2011
NIGERIA- The federal Government, Tuesday, kicked off its Cassava Transformation Action Plan, CTAP, to increase income by at least $450 every year of about 1.8 million farmers and create 1.2 million jobs in the cassava sub- sector of the country’s economy in the next four years. Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who disclosed this [...]
Posted in Cassava News Tags: action, cassava, flour, News, Plan, transformation, Vanguard No Comments »Cassava flour and exports growth areas
Posted by Agro2 on July 13th, 2011
The Thai cassava (tapioca) industry will focus on flour exports and Asian markets as part of its growth strategy over the next five years, when the exports of tapioca products could reach 100 billion baht. The Commerce Ministry projected that by 2016, domestic demand for cassava roots in ethanol production will surge to 13 million [...]
Farmers at Opyelo Patongo sub-county cleaning the peeled cassava tubers
Posted by Agro2 on May 6th, 2011
New Vision Farmers at Opyelo Patongo sub-county cleaning the peeled cassava tubers New Vision By Chris Ocowun THE World Food Programme (WFP) is working with 4200 farmers in seven sub-counties in Pader and Agago districts to process cassava tubers into quality flour for export. Judith Nalumu Lumu, the WFP head of the sub-office in Pader, [...]
Rwanda: New cassava flour plant to give farmers a ready market
Posted by Agro2 on April 16th, 2011
How we made it in Africa Rwanda: New cassava flour plant to give farmers a ready market How we made it in Africa A new Rwf5 billion (US$ 8.4 million) cassava flour processing plant in Rwanda will provide farmers with a ready market for their produce. The new cassava flour processing plant will provide farmers [...]
Agro2 Plantation from Above
Posted by Agro2 on November 19th, 2010
This is the home of Agro2‘s “Finca La Vecina” cassava plantation and test garden, also known as its Moestuin, the dutch word for “garden.” This will also be the future site of the Agro2 ethanol and flour plant, and is currently the site of Agro2′s waxed cassava and peeled cassava processing plants. This week we [...]
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava/Yuca Tags: Agro2's, cassava, ethanol, flour, peeled, plant, processing, sustainable, waxed No Comments »Our Plantation: Finca La Vecina
Posted by Agro2 on November 12th, 2010
Agro2‘s Finca La Vecina houses our Santiago office, as well as our cassava processing plant , and is the future site of our 6,000 L/day ethanol and flour dual processing plant. The site was completed in October, and we are currently in the process of construction the concrete floor for our pilot ethanol production. In [...]
Posted in Agro2 Updates, Cassava News Tags: agro2, cassava, ethanol, flour, organic, processing No Comments »
