Is it profitable to start gari production?

Gari production machine

Of all the forms of cassava that can generate income, gari production is the cheapest and easiest way for entrepreneurs to enter and exploit the processed cassava market. Gari production is a low-cost and largely traditional process and can be done on a small scale.

During gari production, fresh cassava tubers are washed, peeled, mashed, fermented, dewatered and fried to produce the coarse-grained product.

A kilogram of Garri fetches up to five times the price of an equal weight of fresh cassava. By adding value to the cassava crop and processing it into a ready to eat staple like gari, entrepreneurs can earn a very healthy profit on the open retail market.

In addition to the large local market for gari, there is a huge opportunity, with a much higher profit potential, in exporting this product to the increasing number of Africans living abroad in the US and Europe.