Nigeria Is The Biggest Cassava Producer In The World. Why Isn’t It Cashing In On The Global Market?

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Nigeria Is The Biggest Cassava Producer In The World. Why Isn’t It Cashing In On The Global Market?


Nigeria grows 63 million metric tons of cassava (also known as yuca or manioc) every year, but most of the country’s supply is eaten locally as fufu or garri. Experts say Nigeria could be missing out on billions in exports of lucrative cassava products like bubble tea pearls, starch, or ethanol. Challenges along the country’s entire supply…

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@lindseyg9666

so where did the oil money go??? so sad to see this, the money should of been spent on farming technique in part… wicked world. This is why Africa needs leaders like Traore Burkina Faso. not leaders who live in Swiss Hotels

@maroonsr20

by the size of the diamond on her ring, I bet shes doing just fine…

@maroonsr20

so…colonizers introduced a plant that africans eat and make money from?!?!?

@Stratocaster01

And the governor of Ogun State is busy attending all types of silly parties when he should be working on how to improve this value chain.

@rogermoore27

Come on Nigeria. I'm 'rooting' for you

@nancydrew1882

NOT all types of cassava are poisonous. There’s a sweet type and a bitter (poisonous) type. I grew up on a farm in Jamaica and we knew from the leaves which type it was. The sweet one can be cooked and eaten directly, while the bitter (poisonous) one had to be grated, strained and dried. The juice was used in the past to starch clothing. Over time people just learned how to safely use the plant.

@zainabbadri5400

This is such an informative vedio, can i share on my instagram?

@naia4567

Mandioca é um alimento maravilhoso que deveria ser mais valorizado.

@peterinbrat

It's almost pure starch, but it's a good alternative to wheat and it's very sustainable.

@Therealclips-ib8bm

I’d just say it. The reason why Nigeria wasn’t cashing in on it is because we weren’t trying to. Everything was more or less a rollercoaster.

But we’re trying to now, and I mean real economic growth.

@SuccessEdison-py3ki

Please how can I contact and partner with this Yemesi? I'm into cassava farming too

@kaycey7361

Still the need food,drops hangout from civilised nation. What a shame

@randmusings149

She sounds like someone that enjoys shouting over others.

@AdilsonCustódio-x3z

Cassava in nlgeri; mandioca in Brasil.

@Sinuarjun

Is this tapioca..?

@itsAlyxx

Woman are supposed to cook cassava in da kitchen not grow it on da field!

@whitetiger9974

Nigeria needs to build strong military too least greedy american politicians decide to take cassave products in exchange for freedom and democracy.

@moneyb.k

How can I get that in Kenya

@Jeyekomon

I wonder how the first people found out how to remove the poison from the cassava. Were they just trying different ideas until they stopped dying from consuming it? Sounds crazy…

@Sheyi_Voltron1

As a Nigerian living in The United States Of America, I miss my garri and fried fish, chicken, turkey and kulikuli, peanut, coconut, ice chips, sugar andr milk. I miss Nigeria.

@vishnusrajeev3090

"Cassava" names in india in kerala "kappa". super & very testy & healthy food. I like it❤️👌🏻

@dennisrichard-zd3eo

Use to plant it with my dad back in Nigeria

@Best101Bits

What I learned from this is moving the factory closer to the farmers even if far away from the customers so that spoilage of raw/fresh cassava is reduced.

@vidzeditz8537

typo: "Less likely to endure famine" -> experience

@Balanced3645

Nestlé…humph!.

@Balanced3645

As long as Kill from the Gates of hell, is not allowed to put his apeel or mrna poisons in your cassava products, then I say Hurrayyy!!! to Nigeria, go for it! Otherwise, folks; grow your own cassava at your homes! Be guided accordingly. How can AFRICANS benefit from the economy of scales, is the question going forward.

@DindaIrna-j6h

Afrika lebih dulu diperkenalkan singkong tp orang indonesia yang lebih efisien mulai dari tanam sampai konsumsi. Bahkan daun singkong saja dikonsumsi jadi sayur di afrika malah di buang begitu saja 😢.

@wrt5759

I'm Indonesian, most of Indonesian also eat cassava 😊

@loanicastillo3327

Mejor intercambien con China por teléfonos móviles.

@Evangelion543

Nestle is just the new "United Kingdom" in terms of forced labor.

@doc_vader2776

Myr കപ്പ. അയിനാണ്.

@Adroitsolutions

Bill gates is the Ahole

@haniel1814

Here from brazil we call casava mandioca and we love it to do tapioca, is verry cool know that much people love it too

@alikajubi8884

time frame 7:14 is in Uganda. NOT Nigeria

@tangocharlie02

We eat the boiled root but some traditional rules are followed to prevent poisoning.
We only boil it with the lid open.
We never eat any food which contain ginger in the same day or meal.

@Showmeromi

get it!

@nitzneymann3977

So happy to hear Nigeria is flourishing! Bless Nigeria and Africa. ❤

@curtisthomas2670

Cassava pone.
People from Trinidad and Tobago know. 🇹🇹

@orlandochauke1578

You are talking lies…casava is been in Africa for many years, it was not brought by the west, it was originally from Africa because of the climate. What you are trying to is like saying maize meal is from the west, yet it is farmed more in Africa. Get your facts right. Do tell lies.

@Therealshellyquest

As an American who tried Gari… Its true, it should be in the first aid box😅

@piggypoo

1:58 "more than 4000 years ago, indigenous people…"
Is the adjective really necessary at that point in time?

@johanneberube6682

Bravo! 🌹💖🌹

@SuckMyT0e

Fun fact: my people survived on casava while escaping from the Veit Cong after the US lost the veitnam war. I don't think it's the exact same plant but it's definitely very similar and in desperate times, we'd eat it after boiling the root. It was rough and not appetizing but it's what got most of my people through the day if they didn't have much to eat while running to the refugee camps in Thailand

Edit: if you wanna see my people eating it nowadays, we do process it and eat it just like fufu's now, just on a much smaller scale. Search: "qos ntoos" in youtube and you'll find dozens of videos lol

@blaklena

Now lets hope that in time in Africa we find alternative solutions to Tractors or small tractors, because Europe they have completely destroyed the bio diversity by compacting the soil so hard that a lot of important insect for agriculture do not exist anymore in a lot of places.

@blaklena

And Yams are YAMS!!! Not Sweet potatoes!! And they demand way more water and work

@blaklena

They say that the Manioc spoils, but when it is sold oversea it is coated with wax and stays for a long time… If available that also would be a great way!

@angrycustomers

Isnt it contraductory:
Cassava recist drought and pest
Area that grow cassava are LESS LIKELY TO ENDURE FAMIN 😮

00:20

@ns1001

Why Nigerian cassava farmers are not working for the privileged part of the world is really an improvement issue 😂

@xinglinjiang4952

there is no way those workers can make 10 dollar a day. it could be a lie