Technology, Processing Have Made Cassava Very Safe

Date: 2012-07-01

THE Executive Director of Agricultural Management and Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin, Mr. Samuel Afolayan has rated the cassava-supplement baked food as richer and safer for consumption for diabetes' patients than the much-touted food with wheat flour base.

Afolayan, who was at Fufu, headquarters of Ilorin South Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara state, said the varieties of the cassava grown locally are no longer dangerous due to the absence of cyanide in them. Besides, due to proper processing techniques, the cassava products have become safe for human consumption.

"We should all support the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in the area of encouraging the use of certain percentage of cassava flour for baking in the country. I had tasted some of the baked food produced with this cassava flour and they are even better than the ones we are used to. We need to emulate the people of Bangladesh, who cultivate rice and can eat same three times a day. Our tongue will later adjust to what we produce."

The event was the Village Alive Development Association (VADA), organised by the ARMTI for villagers in the State in order to sensitise them on the inherent benefits in the association rather than solitary struggle for survival.

The programme which drew many villagers to the venue apart from being a capacity building endeavour was also aimed at encouraging the establishment of savings and credit scheme while proffering solutions to their challenges especially in the area of agricultural development.

The programme recently resuscitated under the leadership of the director will also be introduced to people of Elerinjare in Ifelodun Local Government Area (LGA), also Falokun-Oja and Apaola LGs.

According to the ARMTI boss, "cassava is less dangerous than wheat to diabetes patients. But the fact is that some olden days varieties of cassava were more dangerous and had health hazards due to the presence of cyanide in them.

Today, however, people consuming cassava understand the various processing methods that are not hazardous to health. Are you aware of a variety that people use in pounding like yam tubers?"

Afolayan while equally rating the local rice as better and richer in calories than the imported ones, warned of the consequences of continued importation of rice, just as he urges that some of the various relevant agric institutes should be mandated in the area of machine designing in rice shelling process.

He noted, "Our rice is better. What scares people away from the consumption of our rice is the pebbles in them. Therefore, relevant agencies should be asked to design de-stoning machines that could make the processing free of pebbles."

Alhaji Baba Bello represented the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari at the event.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Zara Umar     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Olabode Towoju     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Olaitan Adefila     Summit University     Sulaiman Gado     Ahmed Bayero     Afonja     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Ayinde Oki     Mufti Of Ilorin     Balikis Jawondo     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Atiku     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Ganiyu Abolarin     MMWG     Adegoke Bamidele     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Olateju Lukman     Hussein Olokooba     Adaramaja     SUBEB     Dogara     James Ayeni     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Yakubu Gobir     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Aremu Bose Deborah     Ijagbo Health Centre     Sabo-Oke     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Sambo Murtala     Kwara Basketball Association     Jebba     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Issa Baba     Okin Biscuits     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Abubakar B.M     Ibrahim Bio     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     IDPU     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Tunji Moronfoye     Ajasse-Ipo     Baba Issa     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Chikanda     Laboratory-to-Product     07039448763     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Obuh     Moremi High School     Osi     Ahmad Belgore     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Iyabo Adewuyi     Owo Isowo     Taofik Abdulkareem     Binta Abubakar Mora     Rafiu Ibrahim     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Ladi Hassan     Emir Of Ilorin     Yusuf Arowosaye     Kamaldeen Gambari     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kabir Shagaya     Kwara State Polytechnic     Sunset Workers     George Funsho Adebayo     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Alaiye     Otoge     Ojuekun Sarumi     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ile Arugbo     Fatimoh Lawal     Kazeem Adekanye     Ahmad Uthman     Abraham Ojo     20 Billion Bond     Amuda Aluko     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Mope Dasuki Belgore     BECE     Balikis Jawondo     Fatai Olodo     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Sherif Sagaya     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Shero     Ita-Nmo Market     Ilorin Airport     Toyin Sanusi     Sobi     Zainab Abass     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Hussein Oloyede     Kwara 2023     Zara Umar     Bayo Lawal     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Sango-UITH Road     Forgo Battery     KWAFFA     Oke-Ode     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Yakub Lai Gobir     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Sa\'adu Gambari     International Vocational Centre     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     KFA     Sobi Hill     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Kannike     ER-KANG Mining     Centre For Digital Economy     Paul Odama     3MTT     Okasanmi Ajayi     Olusola Saraki     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Fareedah Dankaka     Aremu Odolaye     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Sa\'adu Salau     Sai Kayi     Sanusi Abubakar     Najim Yaasin     Tuesday Assayomo     Rasaq Jimoh     Ajibike Katibi     Idofin     Quareeb     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Oke-Ero     Kwara Teaching Service Commission