A cassava farmer counts losses

 

A cassava farmer has shared pathetic losses he incurred during the 2025 farming season as prices decrease daily.

This sad experience was shared by Mr. Adeoye Adeyinka who told Food Farm News how he lost all the money invested on cassava productivity in 2025 farming year.

Adeyinka explained how he had expended N200,000.00 on cassava production with another N270,000.00 to process into gari, saying all had gone into drain due to depreciation of prices.

He said that market prices for fresh cassava declined sharply, and  a strategic decision to process the harvest into garri also didn't yield any positive result.

The additional cost of processing and logistics amounted to ₦270,000, thereby bringing the total expenditure to ₦470,000 that was lost.