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Côte d’Ivoire launches a semi-industrial cassava semolina production unit to boost local processing

CÔTE D’IVOIRE – The Côte d’Ivoire government has launched a semi-industrial cassava semolina production unit as part of the “Government Social Program” (PSGouv) for the benefit of the Sanata women’s farming group. Ecofin Agency reports that the new unit, launched in the town of N’Douci started operations on 30 June producing Attiéké, a cassava product resembling couscous,  popular in the country with…

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Tanzania to install 25 cassava processing plants as a strategy to boost local production and market

TANZANIA – The Cereals and Other Produce Board (CPB) has identified 25 areas where it will build cassava processing facilities, as part of efforts to boost cassava production and ensure markets for local farmers. Tanzania is the twelfth largest producer of Cassava in the world and sixth in Africa after Nigeria, DRC, Ghana, Angola, and, Mozambique. Mr John Maige, the board’s acting…

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Tanzania bets big on cassava, unveils 2030 strategy to increase hectarage by 550%

Tanzania-The Tanzanian Government under the Ministry of Agriculture is implementing a sustainable cassava strategy targeting a 550% increase in hectarage of improved cassava seed variety by 2030. The plan seeks to expand the 40,000 hectares planted in 2020 to 260,000 hectares in 2030 and to increase the number of improved cassava seed cuttings from the current 80 million to 1.6…

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