Nigeria imported about 7,700 metric tonnes of sorbitol valued at N8 billion ($6.1 million) in 2023, underscoring the country’s reliance on foreign industrial sweeteners, according to a new report by the Nigeria Cassava Investment Accelerator (NCIA).

With a current production capacity of 62.69 million and holding the position of the largest producer of cassava in the world, Nigeria is missing out of the $180 billion global cassava processing market.

FG Dedicates $30m To Cassava Ethanol Project In Ondo The federal government has dedicated $30 million for the Cassava Ethanol Project at Okeluse in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State. The federal government has dedicated $30 million for the Cassava Ethanol Project at Okeluse in...