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Capacity building for Cooperative HSD, DRC processing unit staff on good cassava processing practices and the effective use of processing equipment in Nkuadi, Kasai Oriental.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From high-quality cassava flour to<\/em><\/em> mobile processing and technology delivery<\/em><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0through<\/em><\/em> TAAT<\/em><\/u><\/em><\/a>,<\/em><\/em> Dr Adebayo Abass<\/em><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0reflects on how research, markets and partnerships can turn Africa\u2019s cassava production into greater value for farmers and industry.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producing more cassava does not necessarily mean farmers earn more. Without reliable markets, processing technologies and connections between farmers and industry, increased production can leave farmers with more cassava but less income. This is because demand often grows roughly with population, or more slowly than population, leading to gluts when farmers harvest more cassava than the population can consume. This is where an increase in yield or an increase in area under cultivation could lead to financial loss for the farmer. Hence, increasing industrial demand for cassava through value addition is key to raising farmers\u2019 incomes and reducing rural poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Dr Adebayo Abass, TAAT Cassava Value Chain Coordinator, this has been one of the central lessons of more than three decades of work on cassava processing, value addition and food security. \u201cYou really will find it difficult to increase the income of smallholder farmers if you don’t create a market for the commodity that they are producing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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