Opportunities in the Industrial Cassava Market in Nigeria

Opportunities in the Industrial Cassava Market in Nigeria

Henk Knipscheer, C. Ezedinma, P. Kormawa, G. Asumugha,
K. Makinde, R. Okechukwu, and A. Dixon

International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
2007
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Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
Acknowledgements..........................................................................................................................4
Summary..........................................................................................................................................5
Recommendations............................................................................................................................5
Introduction......................................................................................................................................6
Background..................................................................................................................................7
Problems and issues relating to cassava...................................................................................7
The challenge and commodity development strategy..............................................................7
Methodology................................................................................................................................8
Market Structure..............................................................................................................................9
Traditional Market.......................................................................................................................9
Industrial Products.......................................................................................................................9

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