Garri is not just a staple food but its also money spinner. There are innovative products that can be made from garri, read here
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Friday, January 28, 2022
False banana and garri the wonder foods that can feed the world.
Africa is so blessed with resources . The game of numbers is on our side, with the teeming population you have a wide market to sell your products.
This population is segmented as it were with the vast majority living just below the poverty line and many more very poor.
The estimated population of 9.8 billion by 2050 is an indication that all hands must be on deck to feed the world. The impact of climate change on food production is another indication for the need to find new innovative ways to feed the world.
Climate change is predicted to seriously affect yields and distribution of staple food crops across Africa and beyond. The need to look at new plants or using existing staples to provide new products to feed the world is a necessity.
This is the story of Ethiopia's Enset and garri both are wonder crops that can feed the world. Enset is a staple in Ethiopia, where around 20 million people rely on it for food, Garri is food to over 800 million people in the world.
Enset or "false banana" is a close relative of the banana, but is consumed only in one part of Ethiopia. The banana-like fruit of the plant is inedible, but the starchy stems and roots can be fermented and used to make porridge and bread
Garri made from cassava is also fermented and can be used to make bread, porridge as well as other delicious products.
Imagine using garri instead of wheat? think of the forex that will be preserved. Think of how the SDG goals of zero hunger,no poverty and decent work and economic growth will be achieved. Read more about garri
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False banana(Enset) the wonder crop from Africa that can feed the world.
Africa is blessed with a lot of staple foods that can promote food security. The need for innovative solutions to turn these ordinary food is very crucial for growth and development.
False banana ,Ethiopia's enset commonly referred to as wonder crop. Scientists say the plant enset, an Ethiopian staple, could be a new super food and a lifesaver in the face of climate change.
The banana-like crop has the potential to feed more than 100 million people in a warming world, according to a new study.
The plant is almost unknown outside of Ethiopia, where it is used to make porridge and bread. Research suggests the crop can be grown over a much larger range in Africa.
"This is a crop that can play a really important role in addressing food security and sustainable development," said Dr Wendawek Abebe of Hawassa University in Awasa, Ethiopia.
Enset or "false banana" is a close relative of the banana, but is consumed only in one part of Ethiopia.
The banana-like fruit of the plant is inedible, but the starchy stems and roots can be fermented and used to make porridge and bread
Enset is a staple in Ethiopia, where around 20 million people rely on it for food, but elsewhere it has not been cultivated, although wild relatives - which are not considered edible - grow as far south as South Africa, suggesting the plant can tolerate a much wider range.
Using agricultural surveys and modelling work, scientists predicted the potential range of enset over the next four decades. They found the crop could potentially feed more than 100 million people and boost food security in Ethiopia and other African countries, including Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.
Study researcher Dr James Borrell, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, said planting enset as a buffer crop for lean times could help boost food security.
"It's got some really unusual traits that make it absolutely unique as a crop," he said. "You plant it at any time, you harvest it at any time and it's perennial. That's why they call it the tree against hunger."
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Five things to look ahead for the entrepreneurship ecosystem in 2022.
Five things to look ahead for the entrepreneurship ecosystem in 2022.
nvestments. On June15, 2021, in her speech addressing the youth in Mwanza, President Samia Suluhu Hassan mentioned and pledged her support for young entrepreneurs and innovators, together with their umbrella organisation, the Tanzania Startup Association(TSA).
This was the first time a sitting president recognized and pledged support for startups in public. The last one will be the town hall meeting of June 11, 2021, chaired by then ICT and Communication minister Faustine Ndugulile, to address challenges that face tech startups in Tanzania, first-time entrepreneurs and innovators had face-to-face with a minister to speak on their challenges and offer what they thought were potential solutions.
The garri business.
Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava of which 70% is processed to garri. Garri is a staple food to over 800 million people in the world. There is no household in sub Sahara Africa where garri is not consumed. Garri which is food to the rural people in under developing and developed countries has found relevance in foreign countries with the educated and privileged individuals as well.
Garri is a source of income to smallholder farmers that engage in processing but there is the potential of earning foreign exchange with proper processing and packaging.
Garri is a fermented food,thus gut health benefits are linked to the consumption. The high fiber content is another plus as the risk of gastrointestinal diseases .
Echbee foods uses fortified yellow garri to make snacks,break,finger foods e.t.c. The goal of the company is to produce wholesome nutritious meals using fortified garri with the aim of replacing flour in our confectionery industry.
Echbee foods has an array of products but our flagship product is the Echbee cassava flakes , eaten as snack and cereal. Stay with us for more
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