Tuesday, October 30, 2012

C-Bread: Here comes cassava bread...


Cassava bread would soon be in adequate supply, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said on Tuesday in Abuja. Adesina said that his optimism was based on the fact that the federal government, in collaboration with the private sector, had started the training of master bakers to make them use the composite cassava flour.
The training is being carried out with
support from the Cassava Bread Development Fund provided by the federal government.
Adesina said the challenge of local production of enzymes needed to make the cassava flour more attractive was also being addressed as a Nigerian company was working with a South African counterpart to produce the enzyme locally.

“On the use of enzymes, you need to add what they call cassava enhancers to make the bread to rise; and that is produced in South Africa and we’ve been importing it from South Africa,” he said.
He expressed optimism that Nigeria, the world’s largest cassava producer, could also become a leading processor of the crop.

Culled- Dailytimes

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