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Cassava Production Rising in Sierra Leone
IBADAN - Dec 17/09 - SNS -- Five new cassava processing centres in Sierra Leone are expected to boost production of the crop and to inspire agricultural growth in the region.
The processing centres are part of a $1.6 million Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) funded project involving Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Benin Republic. The project is seeking value addition to cassava and to consequently boost production and generate wealth.
Since 1990, cassava production in Sierra Leone has been on the upbeat climbing from 178,200 metric tons (MT) in 1990 to 1,236,852 MT in 2007. The utilization of cassava and creation of products such as gari--a Nigerian-introduced staple--has actually created demand for the crop. Now, cassava is second to rice as a staple with people eating both the leaves and tubers of the crop.
The establishment of the processing centres has spurred interest in cassava production in local communities. In Hamdalai Village in Sierra Leone, one of the communities to receive a cassava centre, 40 farmer-groups have been formed for cassava production. Each of the groups comprises about 30 farmers. The groups will ensure the steady supply of cassava tubers to the processing centre which will process the tubers into gari, foofoo, cassava cake and cassava doughnut among others.
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