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ria: Cassava Exports Can Earn $5bn – Expert
Nigeria can earn about $5 billion annually from cassava exports if its products are adequately harnessed and processed, an expert in agriculture, Kenneth Nwosu has said.
The Executive Director, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Abia State, Kenneth Nwosu said this in an interview with newsmen.
“If we are able to unlock the potential that abound in cassava and its products such as starch, chips pellets and flour, Nigeria will be making close to $5 billion annually from exports, “Nwosu said regretting that even though Nigeria remains the largest producer of cassava in the world, the country does not make much dollar from it.
Nwosu said “Thailand, the second largest producer of cassava earns about $8 billion annually from cassava exports because it has perfected its processing technologies.”
Unlike Thailand where cassava was not a major staple, he noted that more than 90 per cent of the cassava produced in Nigeria was consumed locally.
The executive director said technology developed by the institute had helped to propel the country to its top position in cassava production, adding that a similar feat could be achieved in potato production.
Meanwhile, the Bauchi State Government is to conduct a comprehensive survey of the basic commodities across the 20 local government areas of the state.
Rabi’u Gamawa, special adviser to Governor Isa Yuguda on Budget and Planning, said in a chat with newsmen that the exercise was part of measures to check inflation.
Gamawa said that the project was being handled by -the Directorate of Statistics in the State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning which is charged with the responsibility of conducting surveys, general data collection and analysis in all sectors of the state’s economy.
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