Wednesday, June 17, 2009

In Sierra Leone, No More Overdependence On Imported Wheat Flour

by Aruna Turay - Jun 16, 2009

In Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Trade and Industry indicates that over 20 million US dollars of wheat flour is imported annually into the country for use in producing bread and confectionary products. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has partnered with USAID to help end that overdependence on the imported food ingredient. Previous research for development activities by IITA in other African countries had demonstrated wheat import substitution by High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) at up to 10% in bread and ... read more ...

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