{"id":20574,"date":"2025-03-13T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=20574"},"modified":"2025-04-08T11:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T07:41:56","slug":"cavista-holds-stakeholder-workshop-on-value-addition-of-cassava-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/cavista-holds-stakeholder-workshop-on-value-addition-of-cassava-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavista Holds Stakeholder Workshop on Value Addition of Cassava in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the start of March 2025, Cavista Holding, in collaboration with Abgeyewa Farms, held a stakeholder workshop at Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort in Ekiti State with the aim to promote the Local Value Addition (#LVA<\/a>) of cassava in Nigeria. The Workshop took place one day after Nigerian Minister of Agriculture Abubakar Kyari visited Agbeyema Farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that same day, Minister Kyari also toured the Nigeria Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) and the Nigeria Cassava Industrialization Alliance (NCIA). The minister was accompanied from high officials from the Ekiti State Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Workshop, participants discussed financing, mechanization, logistics and beneficiation. By regrouping smallholders into cooperatives, access to credit, mechanization and technical assistance could be streamlined.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Family Photo at Cassava Industrialization Workshop in Nigeria<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The Director of NADF, Nasir Ingawa, stressed access to financing as a bottleneck for the development of the cassava sub-sector. In order to address this issue, NADF will develop tailor-made financial packages to allow the modernization and upscaling of the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niyi Adebayo, Chief of Staff to the Ekiti State Governor, highlighted the Government efforts to make available more land for cultivation. Recently, 5,000 hectares have been cleared and placed into the pool. The State is particularly encouraging the youth to engage into agribusiness which is a respectful way to earn a living and will contribute to #FoodSecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the workshop, an Acton Plan was elaborated with the following key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n