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CASSAVA PRODUCTION

Our Mission >>   Enhancing, promoting and developing lives in our communities, society, state, nation and the world at large -----> Encouraging community development through fishing, farming as well as small and medium scale enterprises. ----> Engaging youths in gainful vocational and professional services.
 
  Engaging youths in gainful farming activites has been our plan from the onset.
Over 10 acres of land has been dedicated for cassava planting which of course is almost at harvesting period at the moment.

A staple food crop in most part of Nigeria. It is propagated in different varieties using stem cuttings. A normal size could measure about 6 inches in length or carrying about 5 -6 nodes.

NUTRITIONAL VALUES
Cassava is a staple source of carbohydrate, rich in fibre content
The red root variety is very rich in the following: potassium, iron, calcium, folic acid, sodium, and vitamins A; C; and B6 as well as protein.

PROCESSED PRODUCT
Cassava can be processed into fufu, garri, flour, pellets chips, starch, ethanol etc