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Nigerian Cassava Potentials in National Economic Development

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Cassava had been a utility crop with diverse food provision and high yielding potentials. Apart from serving as food for human consumption, it has numerous industrial uses like chips, flour, starch and the leaves which have a high export demand. Nigeria’s comparative advantage in production has made it have a very high potential in face of the dwindling World oil prices. Nigeria cassava production has been with an annual output of over 38 million tons of tubers and was adjudged as one of the largest producers of cassava in the world. Total area harvested in 2009 alone was estimated to be 3.13 million hectares, with an average yield of 11.7 tons/ha-1. Its high employment income generation and 20 percent cassava flour inclusion in bread made it a crop to be harnessed and fully utilized to raise economic development in Nigeria.

DOI 10.11648/j.sjbm.s.2015030501.20
Published in Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 3, Issue 5-1, September 2015)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Entrepreneurial Developments in Agribusiness

Page(s) 47-49
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Keywords

Cassava Potentials, Non-Oil Export, Raw Materials, Job/Wealth Creation, Economic Development

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  • Department of Marketing, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Nigeria

  • Department of Agricultural Extension & Management, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Nigeria

  • Department of Home & Rural Economics, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Nigeria

  • Department of Marketing, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Nigeria

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