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It's one of the world’s most versatile crops and a critical source of food security - it’s also a commodity under increasing global demand.
Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of the root vegetable, cassava, but export numbers are tiny.
Currently, the country imports products that compete with the indigenous crop.
We hear from farmers, entrepreneurs and leading agronomists on plans to industrialise Nigeria’s cassava industry and realise its economic potential.
Produced and presented by Laura Heighton-Ginns
(Image: Mrs Kemi farms a five hectare smallholding in south west Nigeria. Image credit: Bassey Oluwakemi Ibilola)
By BBC World Service4.4
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It's one of the world’s most versatile crops and a critical source of food security - it’s also a commodity under increasing global demand.
Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of the root vegetable, cassava, but export numbers are tiny.
Currently, the country imports products that compete with the indigenous crop.
We hear from farmers, entrepreneurs and leading agronomists on plans to industrialise Nigeria’s cassava industry and realise its economic potential.
Produced and presented by Laura Heighton-Ginns
(Image: Mrs Kemi farms a five hectare smallholding in south west Nigeria. Image credit: Bassey Oluwakemi Ibilola)

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