Nigeria Saves N254bn On Cassava Substitution For Bread Baking Tweet 32

[Shola Sholaz]

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said Nigeria saved N254 billion through the substitution of cassava flour in bread baking Adesina made this known at the 2013 Ministerial Platform, a mid-term report on the progress and achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan's administration, in Abuja yesterday.
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According to him, the country has also trained master bakers on the application of the cassava flour in bread baking.
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He said that government had encouraged market growth by instituting the 40 per cent high quality cassava flour requirements in wheat bread.
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He said investment opportunity abound for investors to build new cassava processing plants to capture share in the growing market.
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"Processing is a highly lucrative segment of the cassava value chain.