I Visited The Cassava Mill For Garri Processing

The situation in Nigeria is getting intense, and it's like everyone's finally realizing the importance of farming. Since my family loves food, we decided to convert our farmland to plant waterleaf, seeing how successful my mother's business is with it. It's a smart move, considering the demand for waterleaf is high, and it's relatively easy to grow. We're hoping to make a good profit from it and maybe even start selling to restaurants and markets. Who knows, maybe we'll become the go-to waterleaf suppliers in no time😁.

Following that decision, we had to uproot all the cassava from the farmland, clear the land, and prepare it for the waterleaf plantation - a process we completed a few days ago. Although it was a lot of work, the payoff was bittersweet, the cassava harvest was substantial, and we were initially looking forward to processing it into garri, but plans changed.

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Now we're left with a surplus of cassava, and we're considering our options, whether to process it into garri or explore alternative uses for it, we made the choice of turning it into garri.

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Though I couldn't capture every moment on camera, the process of peeling the cassava was a family affair, with my siblings and I tackling the task together. After the peeling, we loaded the cassava into dad's bus, and I drove it down to the cassava mill with my siblings, but they vanished into thin air, leaving me to handle the processing alone😁.

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I was angry, to be honest, considering the sheer volume of work that lay ahead, but I had no choice but to roll up my sleeves and get to it, convinced that I'm strong enough to handle the task solo.

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I've got a video showcasing my hard work at the cassava mill, specifically the part where I packed the freshly ground cassava into bags to drain excess water and start the drying process....