Cassava Pathway offers practical training for farmers, small processors, and anyone starting out with cassava. More than one hundred rural farmers have trained with us since 2020, and several of them have since raised their incomes.
Training happens on request, so there is no fixed calendar; you find us through this site, tell us what you need, and we arrange a session.
What We Teach
| Topic | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Cassava care | Land preparation, mounds and ridges, planting cuttings, weeding, and soil testing |
| Varieties | Improved TME and TMS stems compared with local types, and where to source clean planting material |
| Processing | Garri, akpu, abacha, flour, and starch, with attention to hygiene and timing |
| Value from waste | Recovering starch from garri and akpu water instead of throwing it away |
Turning Wastewater Into Starch
Most processors around Ntigha pour away the water pressed from garri mash or drained from akpu.
That liquid still carries fine starch, which settles overnight into a white layer that can be dried and sold.
This lesson matters most to us, because it turns a smelly waste into a product buyers already pay for.
Our own overnight routine, from basin to oven, appears in settling and drying sweet starch.
Where Training Takes Place
Sessions can run on our own Ntigha farmland or on the trainee’s farm, depending on the topic and group.
On-farm visits let us look at real soil, real stems, and real equipment rather than talking in general terms.
Who It Suits
- New farmers who want to avoid the planting mistakes that waste a whole season.
- Garri and akpu processors who want a second income from the starch they currently discard.
- Groups, cooperatives, or agencies planning practical sessions for several farmers at the same time.
Requesting a Session
Message us on WhatsApp or through the contact page with your location, group size, and the topics you want covered.
We will reply with a suggested plan and arrangements that fit your situation.
Background reading before a session is available in planting cassava step by step and traditional processing methods.
Chimeremeze Emeh
Chimeremeze Emeh is a tropical crop farmer and chemical engineer from Ntigha, Isiala Ngwa North LGA, Abia State, Eastern Nigeria, specializing in cassava and palm oil, with over 30 years of hands-on experience growing, harvesting, and processing cassava. He grows TMS series, TME 419, and local traditional varieties on his own farms and operates a small-scale cassava flour and starch production business through Cassava Pathway, which he founded as a CAMA-registered agribusiness in 2024. He is also the founder of Palm Oil Pathway, where he applies the same tropical farming expertise. His farms are located in Ntigha, Abia State.
