...Lack of fresh tubers, competition with households, high input costs tapped
Nigeria does not have enough cassava tubers for its processors despite producing one-fifth of global output.
Cassava processors say they do not have a sufficient supply of fresh tubers to keep their factories running due to lack of fresh tubers and competition from households consuming cassava as food.
“As processors, it is difficult to compete with the person turning cassava into garri at the back of their farms,” said Sadiq Usman,
