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1D1F: Akufo-Addo inspects GH¢9.2 million Yam/Cassava factory at Bimbilla - Adomonline.com

1D1F: Akufo-Addo inspects GH¢9.2 million Yam/Cassava factory at Bimbilla - Adomonline.com

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 9th August 2022, visited Global Almas Processing Limited, a yam and cassava processing factory located at Bimbilla, in the Northern Region.

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Taking the President on a tour of the factory, the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi, indicated that the company has taken advantage of the available local raw materials in the Nanumba and surrounding areas to process yam and cassava flour for both domestic and foreign market.

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He also mentioned that the factory produces 1,000 cartons of Yam Fufu Flour per day, under the brand name Almas Yam Fufu Flour, requiring the purchasing of 10,000 yam per day.

With respect to the cassava processing line, some 200 bags of cassava flour is produced per day, with the company engaging some 20 farming groups, who have committed themselves to producing for the factory.

The company, he said, has already signed an agreement with Sinostone Ethanol Manufacturing Company located in Juapong to supply 1,000 tons of cassava chips every month.

Meanwhile, another agreement has been concluded with Bofas Company Limited located in Wa for the supply of 40-foot container of yam fufu flour every month for export to the US market.

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