The
International Potato Centre, IPC, has projected that importation of
wheat in Nigeria could be reduced by 25 per cent if the farmers embraced
proper growth of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes, OFSP.
Speaking at the 18th annual lecture of Agricultural and Rural
Management Training Institute, ARMTI, the IPC Representative in Nigeria,
Dr. Phorbee Peju, said that OFSP, which could be grown in all the 36
states, can meet some bakery needs of the country.
Peju, whose paper is titled ‘Food Security, Employment Generation and Wealth Creation in
a Developing Economy: The Role of OFSP, explained that the bakery
industry could boost farmers’ productivity; improve nutrition and
livelihoods if OFSP- in form of pure can be used in bread baking and
other pastry products like cookies, cakes, pies and the like.
She said that a composite flour of about 40 per cent OFSP puree had
been made into well acceptable bread for commercial purpose in Nairobi
while most bakeries in Osun State are presently using it.
The crop expert noted that this inclusion, even at 25 per cent, would
go a long way in reducing dependence on wheat importation, conserve
foreign exchange, put more money in farmers’ pockets and productively
engage the women and youths, adding that it was just one aspect of use,
not to mention other products that could be adopted from countries
especially China.
This is even as she hinted that there were other commercial high
value products that could be made from the OFSP such as juice,
complementary foods, and jam/spread.
According to the IPC representative, Rainbow project, in
collaboration with the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta and
Federal Polytechnic Offa has been working on OFSP diversified product
development and promotions for uptake by the medium and large scale
industries.
OFSP is a breed of sweet potato that is fortified with Vitamin A;
which is an essential micro nutrient for all especially children under
the age of five, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Beyond ‘boil and eat’, the OFSP had been processed into various
commercial products and also used to enrich indigenous foods. Rural
women processors in the six OFSP projects’ states have successfully come
up with OFSP Kunu, (local beverage), OFSP gaari, Fufu, elubo, pap and
other meals.
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