Garri is a staple food. It is eaten by almost everybody. It is a product of cassava. The other end product of cassava is starch. Beyond laundry use, starch is a raw material for pharmaceuticals, ...

Lagos — In 1998, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife with some funds to survey small scale agricultural processes, with the aim of ...

Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa on Friday inaugurated a Garri Processing Plant at Ikpiri Obutong in Bakassi Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River. The plant was built by Care for Social Welfare ...

Local and international stakeholders in agriculture are seeking ways to improve garri production in the country, at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan. The programme titled ...

In its bid to improve the quality of garri, a derivative from cassava, the Niger State Government has trained 100 women in the processing of the product. The Commissioner of Agriculture Yusuf Muhammad ...

Lagos — Bruno Orji is the chief executive officer of Brunus Enterprises Limited and a consultant on agriculture. In this interview with KALU OKWARA, he says gari production will not only stimulate ...

The price of garri, one of the most routinely consumed and dominant foods in Nigeria, has witnessed over a hundred per cent increase within the last three years in Akwa Ibom state. Processed from ...

Joy Itamah, a farmer, grows crops and vegetables and also rears goats in Oyo State. She also processes cassava into garri. She farms on a 300-hectare land using both human labour and machines. She ...