22/09/2025
If the adoption of cassava flour inclusion in wheat flour for bread production becomes fully implemented in Nigeria, no cassava farmer will ever struggle to sell their produce or be forced to accept unreasonably low prices again. That is where real volume for cassava usage is.
Given the enormous volume and value of daily bread consumption in Nigeria, even a modest 10 percent inclusion of High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) would lead to a significant surge in demand. This, in turn, would drive up the need for cassava tubers, making them more marketable and profitable. Such a shift would serve as a powerful lever to increase cassava production and enhance rural livelihoods.
Beyond the farm, this transition would create thousands of new jobs across the entire value chain from farming to processing to distribution, and even across bread production industry. It would also help reduce the cost of flour-based foods for Nigerian families and ease the economic burden of wheat importation.
The readiness of Nigerians to embrace cassava-based bread is key. It is this collective will that can dismantle both internal and external barriers that have long hindered the full implementation of a food system built for Nigeria by Nigerians. And farmers, with their relatives and other acquaintances are also major among the populace that are expected to embrace this food system that will sustainably emancipate them, economically.
This could mark the beginning of true food sovereignty not only for Nigeria but for Africa as a whole. And cassava, stands as a strategic weapon in our hands. We should expect resistance, for this move will challenge powerful interests that have been benefiting from Africa’s food dependence.
To all stakeholders, yes, we have been weakened and discouraged, but we must not give up. The path to food freedom is before us, and cassava may just be the key.
Mabel Agidiomo
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G-zacc Agro Biz
