VITAMIN A CASSAVA AND MAIZE FOOD PRODUCTS COMMERCIALIZED IN NIGERIA HarvestPlus – Nigeria and partners are on a mission to make more nutritious foods available to everyone, everywhere. We combine the skills of farmers who grow biofortified crops and the expertise of chefs and nutritionists to develop nutrient-rich food products specific to Nigerian tastes using low cost production models. There are 25 such products, 10 of which have been commercialized:
Toasted granules, often eaten as snack with groundnut or as a paste with vegetable
COMBOBITE Fried snack, made from a combination of vitamin A cassava flour and cowpea
CASSTARD Cooked porridge, made from fermented vitamin A cassava starch – similar to maize custard
TUWO Cooked paste, made from vitamin A maize flour – similar to ‘Nsima’ in East and South Africa
FLAKES Breakfast cereal made from vitamin A maize
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VITAMIN A GARI
VITAMIN A FUFU Fermented mash/flour, often cooked into a paste and eaten with vegetable
CASSMOI Cooked snack, made from a combination of vitamin A cassava mash and cowpea
CASSARITA Fried snack, made from fermented vitamin A cassava chips – similar to French fries
OGI/AKAMU Cooked porridge, made from fermented vitamin A maize often taken with bean cake
GREEN MAIZE Vitamin A maize is often consumed boiled or roasted
MAJOR DISTRIBUTORS NAME OYO
MOBILE
Niji Lukas Nigeria Limited (Niji Foods)
+234(0)8037066261
Cato Foods
+234(0)8100521215
Micmakin Nigeria Limited (Oyato Foods)
+234(0)8033035183
Olo Industries Limited (TopLife Foods)
+234(0)8035103726
Deep Launch
+234(0)8145462751
Bismonco Foods
+234(0)8037295756
Crowther Foods
+234(0)7030716110
Senator Adeyemo Women Empowerment Cooperative (SAWEC)
+234(0)8023391249
Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme (OYSADEP)
+234(0)8034992266
Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC)
+234(0)8034763587
Justice Development and Peace Movement (JDPM)
+234(0)8034437115
Dominican Centre for Human Resource Development (DCHRD) AKWA IBOM
+2349(0)8033373324
Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU)
+234(0)8023150560
Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC)
+234(0)8033976079
Akwa Ibom Agricultural Development Programme (AKADEP)
+234(0)8037943714
Human Empowerment and Development Project (HEMADEP) BENUE
+234(0)8028343390
National Orientation Agency (NOA)
+234(0)7083471769
Redeemed Aid Programme Action Committee (RAPAC)
+234(0)8060855889
Benue Agricultural & Rural Development Authority (BNARDA)
+234(0)8082604255
IMO Forward Africa
+234(0)8035608255
Development Dynamics
+234(0)8035927419
ONDO Envoy Consulting
+234(0)8037213341
Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA)
+234(0)8035619061
ONLINE - AGROSHOP - www.agroshop.com.ng
+234(0)8171059816
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HarvestPlus leads a global effort to improve nutrition and public health by developing and disseminating staple food crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals. We work with public and private sector partners in more than 40 countries. HarvestPlus is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) which helps realize the potential of agricultural development to deliver gender-equitable health and nutritional benefits to the poor www.HarvestPlus.org