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COMMODITY NEWS<br />
CASSAVA<br />
Cameroon<br />
Cassava Processing: Government Makes Good On Old Promise<br />
The government of Cameroon has kept its promise to help farmers increase production and encourage cassava<br />
transformation by supporting groups embarking on a large scale cassava processing initiative. A new cassava pasta is the<br />
first of several products which government plans to produce in the months ahead and compete with imported wheat used<br />
for the production of pastries, spaghetti and pasta presently in the market.<br />
[Nouvelles 26/05/14]<br />
Ghana<br />
Large Scale Cassava Production<br />
Beverage manufacturer, Kasapreko <strong>Com</strong>pany Limited [KCL], has acquired 40% shares in Caltech Ventures <strong>Com</strong>pany<br />
Limited. Caltech has acquired 3,000 ha of land at the Hodzo near Ho for large-scale production of cassava to be processed<br />
to produce a number of products including ethanol, high quality cassava flour and electricity. Ghana currently imports 60<br />
million liters of ethanol annually, while KCL, the only beverage manufacturer with a bulk storage facility in Ghana, also imports<br />
25 million liters of ethanol in bulk from Brazil, Pakistan, USA and France.<br />
[Spy Ghana 21/05/14]<br />
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