Nigeria is already the world’s largest producer of cassava, and the country is well positioned to be world’s largest cassava processor in the world, as well. If Nigeria could strengthen its capacity to produce, process, and utilize more cassava flour in its bread, it would save billions of dollars annually on wheat flour imports, create millions of jobs, and empower its farmers and agricultural sector. Yet when Nigeria has tried to achieve this goal—principally through a program called the Cassava Bread Initiative (CBI)—it has failed, and the principal reason for this failure is corruption.

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