HOW TO ADD VALUE TO CASSAVA FLOUR(GARRI)

SEMINAR RECAP ON THE TREASURED ENTREPRENEURS ASSOCIATION TEA HALL OF WEALTH GENERAL ACTIVE GROUP PAGE 1 & 2 HELD ON THE 25th OF DECEMBER 2017

⏯Theme:

❤ How To Process,Package And Add Value To Cassava For The Production Of Cassava Flour (Garri)

🎤Speaker/Facilitator/Discussant

🗣Mr Olanrewaju Idris

C.E.O/MD Drivzconsults Nigeria Limited……….

Good Evening Ladies And Gentlemen

How Are You All Doing???

I Am Very Honoured To Talk On This Very Important On Such An Important Day As This Is Indeed An Honour For Me

Please I Would Like To Have Some Haayes Before I Proceed….

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The Topic Before Me Tonight Is Cassava Flour Processing,Packaging And Ways To Add Value To Cassava Flour Production…

I Would Like To Have A Quiet Class Except When I Ask For Opinions

All Questions Are To Come At The End Of The Seminar

Thanks For Your Co operation

Crispy Cassava Flour Or Garri As It Is Generally Called Is One Of The Major And Common Source Of Staple Food In The Country And Even Beyond

It’s Production And Sales Have Brought Many People (Young And Old) To The Fore Front Of The Business Line Even Those Considered To Be Uneducated And Are Earning Millions Of Naira On A Monthly Basis

Our Talk Tonight Is Going To Be Divided Into Three Segments:

❤Garri Processing
💜Garri Packaging
💙identifying The Best Cassava

⏩Garri Processing

We All Know That Every Product Has Its Own Raw Material And In This Case,Cassava Is The Major Raw Material.

Cassava Been The Major Raw Material For This Product Most Times If Not Always Determine The Location Of The Production Factory

Therefore The Consideration Of The Location Of This Raw Material Has To Be Viewed When Thinking Of Investing Into This Business

There Are Ways Or Steps To Follow In The Production And Processing Of A Fine Crispy Cassava Flour

Peeling

This Is The First Step After Harvesting The Cassava From The Farm

This Stage Can Be Done In Two Ways

(1)Manually (2)Mechanically

👉🏻 Manually Can Be Done By Employing Peelers(Mostly Women In The Community)

They Peel The Cassava To A Fine Level Without Wasting A Bunch Of The Whole Of The Whole Lot

👉🏻 Peeling Can Also Be Done Mechanically By Using The Peeling Machine Fabricated By Brilliant Engineers Right Here In Nigeria

Drivzconsult Can Get You Covered On This,Likewise For Professional Manual Peelers

We Have To Be Sure The Outer Layer And Yellowish Second Layer Is Peeled Off

Leaving Us With The Hard Whitish Layer In It..

However Not Wasting Much Of The Cassava Itself

👉🏻 Washing

After We Are Done With Proper Peeling And We Have Our Fine White Cassava

Washers Have To Watch Out For Protruding Roots That Can Be Missed While Peeling Was Done

Hence They Have To Be With Knives While Washing

However Be Careful To Avoid Injuries

👉🏻Grating/Grinding

This Is The Third Step In The Processing Of Garri

Grating Has To Be Done Mechanically Has We Cannot Just Imagine The Whole Chunk Of Time It Would Consume If We Are To Consider Manual Grinding Either With Mortar( Odo As It Is Called In The Yoruba Parlance)

Or Through Any Other Primitive Measures

Normally Cassava Grinding Machines Are Used To Made It Into A Fine Level From The Factory By A Fabricator To Give I A Fine Moisture Mass Of Grinded Cassava

While Grinding We Should Make Sure That We Are Not Pressing The Cassava Into The Teeth To Avoid Stalking And To Avoid Putting The Hand Into The Outlet End To Drag Out The Moisture Because This Might Caused Unwanted Incident Or Accident(Risk Management)

At The Outlet To The Grater,Porous polythene Bags Should Be Made Ready To Pack The Grated CassavaIn Small Content Like (20kg-25kg)

After These Cassava Have Been Grated And Packed

It Has To Be Left In The Sack For The Next Stage

👉🏻 Fermentation

The Packed Grated Cassava Has To Be Left In The Sack And Placed On A Fermentation Rack For At Least 4 Hours,30 Hours For Garri Egba And 72 Hours For Garri Ijebu

Take Note That The Sacks Must Not Be Stacked/Placed On Each Other

👉🏻 Pressing/Dewatering

At This Stage,The Fermented Cassava Should Be Taken Into The Hydraulic Press Machine Which Doesnt Make Use Of Electricity

However Some Hydraulic Machines Use Electricity Now

The Hydraulic a Machine Make Use Of Planks Or Huge Rings To Guide The Porous Sacks Of Cassava Depending On The Type You Want To Use

Pressure Is Aplied/Accerted On The Sacks To Sieve out The Water Inside Them

The Bags Are Left Inside The Machine For At Least 4 Hours To Get The Water Out

After Processing In The Hydraulic Press Machine

The Next Thing Is To The Sack Out For Sieving

👉🏻 Sieving

Sieving Can Be Done In Two Ways

It Can Also Be Done In Either Mechanically Or Manually

The Mechanical Method Would Make Use Of A Machine That Is Fabricated With A Vibrator So As To Release The Fine Mass Through The Thin Face Of The Sieve

Whereas Manual Effort Have To Be Applied In The Manual Sieve To Get The Fine Mass And The Chaff Is Disposed Off

👉🏻Frying

This Also Like The Sieving And Peeling Can Either Be Done Manually Or Mechanically

The Manual Frying Is Done By Women Or Men Who Are Specifically Skilled In Doing So

While The Mechanical Is Done With A Fabricated Frying Machine

The Manual Frying Is Done By These Professionally Skilled Labour Spreading The Flakes Here And There In The Frying Pan Or Tray

But If It Is The Mechanical Fryer,There Is A Rod In The Machine That Controls And Regulate The Mass So That It Wouldnt Get Burnt

After Frying The Next Thing To Do Is Letting The Flakes Cool Off Before Packaging

However To Get The Separate Kind Of Garri That We Have Such As Garri Egba,Garri Ijebu,Garri Ibo(Yellow Garri)

You Must Get That From Drivzconsult Nigeria Limited For A Controlled Price Under The SEA Subsidized Programme…..

👉🏻Garri Packaging

As We All Know,The Packaging Given To A Product Determines Its Sale Rate And Market Value

I Always Advice Every Upcoming Entrepreneur Like Myself To Have A Brand Name And Get It Registered So That Your Product Wont Be Repackaged And Given Another Name By Your Wholesalers

Hence,The Need To Have A Brand Of Your Own For Your Garri Or Cassava Flakes

TEA With Our Team Of Brand Managers Can Help You In This Regard E.g Drivzconsult Nigeria Limited

For Printing And Packaging Of Your Bags And Content

Packaging Can Be Done In Contents Of 50kg, 25kg, 10kg, And 5kg Bags Or Polythene Bags And The Case May Be An Depending On Your Target Market….

Your Target Market And Consumers Would Determine The Type Of Packaging You Are Going To Make Use Of

Let’s Put One Last Thing In Place

Which Is How To Identify A Good Cassava

Normally, There Shouldnt Be Any Fear For This But In Other To Achieve A Maximum Profit And Productivity We Have To Be Careful With The Type Of Cassava We Would Be Using To Make Our Cassava Flakes

The Best Type Of Cassava Is The Improved Ones

▶Characteristics

*They Are More Brownish On The Outer Part

*They Are Much Bigger And Longer

*At The Same Time They Are More Juicy When Sliced Into Half

The Reason Why I Am So Particular About This Is Because When You Use Local Thin Cassava

You Will Get One Ton Of Finally Processed Garri From 4 Tons Of Cassava

But If You Use The Improved Cassava You Will Get One Ton Of Garri From 3+ Tons Of Cassava

At This Point I Will Like To Hang Up My Boot And I Hereby Rest My Case…….

Setting Up A Small,Medium Or A Large Scale Cassava Flakes Factory

You Can Reach Out To Drivzconsult Nigeria Limited Through The Project Cordinator/Director Of Treasured Entrepreneurs Association On Call/Whatsapp

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