Establishment of garri processing factory

The importance of food to human beings needs not be over flogged.  Food is to human being as fuel is to engines.  No human being can survive without food for more than 21 days. To this end, every effort must be made to provide food at the appropriate quantity, quality and price.

Food provision is also one of the measures to gauge the security of a state, the self reliance and its sustainability.  Garri is one of the staple foods in Africa. An average Nigerian home consumes Garri at least 100 days a year.

The consumption level is in millions of metric tones annually. There exist both local and export markets for garri.

In view of the above, establishment of garri processing factory is seen as one of the legitimate means of livelihood for Nigerians.

The major raw material for garri production is raw cassava tubers which are abundantly grown in Nigeria.  Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava in the World producing over 50 million metric tones per annum.

The project is one of the ways to provide jobs for Nigerians.  This period of global financial meltdown calls for creation of streams of incomes by Nigerians to meet the ever growing needs. Garri production is one of such streams of income that can be created.

There is no waste in garri production as the by-products such as cassava peels and starch have ready market.

Technical Information

Garri production entails fresh cassava tubers procurement, washing, peeling, grating, dewatering, fermentation, sieving and frying.

To establish the project involves site procurement (the building requirement is simple); procurement and installation of machinery, recruitment of appropriate personnel, purchase of raw materials and commercial take-off.  Serious minded investors can be mentored to successfully establish this project.

Olumakinde Oni