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General information
| Innovation ID | 781 |
| Version ID | 596 |
| Innovation Title | Gari Processing: Truck-mounted Mobile Cassava Processing to Bring the Factory to the Field in Nigeria |
| Innovation description | Modern processing machines previously available only at industrial scale in city-based factories have been down-sized to the appropriate scale for smallholders in remote cassava producing areas. An approach was elaborated for making modern factories to become mobile and operational closer to the source of raw materials on smallholders' farms in rural areas. |
| Reporting Staff | Adebayo Abass (IITA) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2021 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2021 |
| Stage Description | Reduce significantly the costs of transporting cassava roots from cassava-producing rural villages to urban cities. The invention has been used to produce intermediate processed cassava at the farm gate before transporting it to the city-based drying facilities. At least two private sector entities have used to commercial scale. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| Top 5 contributors | Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Federal Institute of Industrial Research; Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation; Nobex Engineering Technical Company; ARM Agribusiness; RFL Resources Limited |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas |
| Flagship project | FP4-Nutritious RTB food and added value through postharvest intervention |
| Cluster | CA4.2-Raising incomes and improving the health and safety at small and medium cassava processing centers, preferentially for women and youth in rural and urban areas |
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Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Nigeria |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Increased livelihood opportunities |
| Other Sub-IDO | Reduce Market Barriers |
| Other Sub-IDO |
Evidences
| Evidences | TAAT Mobile Cassava Processing Plant: Increasing Income and Wealth of Nations [https://youtu.be/bXs62B7bMWE] "Adebayo Abass. (17/2/2021). Mobile Cassava Processing Plant Poster.""Adebayo Abass. (24/2/2021). The Mobile Cassava Processing Plant: Modern cassava processing machinery on wheels." |
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