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Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has begun a mission to 
introduce African countries to Nigeria’s innovation in bakery, Cassava 
Bread.<br />Mr. Obasanjo, a goodwill ambassador for the International 
Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, recently took the bread to 
Tanzania where he publicly munched the bread with the President of the 
United Republic of Tanzania, Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete.<br />Former President 
Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania also ate the bread for
 the first time. The leaders supported the innovation, noting that it 
would bring several benefits to the continent.<br />The 40 per cent 
cassava bread was first developed by IITA in Nigeria, as part of efforts
 to boost the utilization of cassava and create market for farmers.<br />President
 Kikwete after inaugurating the IITA Science Building in Dar es Salaam 
on Monday commended IITA for the bread technology, saying that the bread
 had an “excellent” taste.<br />“There is no difference between this bread and the normal bread we are used to,” he added.<br />Mr. Obasanjo encouraged the Tanzania President to promote the use of cassava in confectionaries in his country to<br />transform
 agriculture. He noted that the use of cassava flour in bread would 
stimulate the demand for the root crop, create jobs and, more 
importantly, make farmers proud.<br />Mr. Obasanjo, in 2002 initiated a 
policy on 10 percent inclusion in bread under “the Presidential 
Initiative on Cassava,” program. The program which was implemented by 
IITA and national partners, drove the demand for cassava, increased 
productivity by about 10 million tons in 6 years, and made Nigeria the 
top world producer of cassava.

Xclusive: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Is Exporting Cassava Bread To Tanzania [PHOTO]

Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has begun a mission to introduce African countries to Nigeria’s innovation in bakery, Cass...