Author: Chukwudi Odili

Background Based on the wide-ranging feedback that I recently gathered on a systematic basis from my clients and the general reading audience on issues related to the above topic, and considering the positive impact that my write-ups will have on the rapid economic development of Nigeria in general and prospective investors in particular, beginning from […]

Preface How value can be added to a number of exportable primary commodities had extensively been discussed in my previous articles. With particular reference to agricultural commodities, Cassava had featured most prominently; likewise, Yam/ Flour/ Poundo-Yam, Rice, Pumpkin and Bitter Leaves, ground Pepper, Melon (Egusi), African or Sweet Bush Mango (Ogbono), Cray Fish, Palm Oil […]

Palm sap begins fermenting immediately after collection, due to natural yeasts in the air (often spurred by residual yeast left in the collecting container). Within two hours, fermentation yields an aromatic wine of up to 4% alcohol content, mildly intoxicating and sweet. In other words, fermentation converts the sugar in the Palm wine to alcohol. […]

Introduction Outside of the Palm value chain, alcohol or ethanol can also be produced from Cassava. Ethanol and alcohol are the same. They have the same physical and chemical properties, and both are formed by the fermentation of glucose by enzymes in yeast. Alcohol is any chemical having a ‘“OH” functional group. Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol) […]

The non-alcoholic locally-made drinks include:  ‘Zobo’, ‘Kunu-Zaki’, ‘Bouza,’ ‘Merissa’, ‘Komoni’, and Bogule.  To avoid spoilage, it is advisable to make these drinks in the kitchens on a small scale and store them in the refrigerators powered by generators. It is not difficult at all to make them, and it will be exciting setting up large-scale […]

By the year 2025, I foresee cosmetics possibly becoming the nation’s fourth major foreign exchange earner, after oil and gas, agriculture and solid minerals. This is because there are abundant local raw materials and chemical additives available on our shores, which could be harnessed for the manufacture of world-class cosmetic products. What is just necessary […]

Introduction Among the various kinds of common fruits, paw-paw has perhaps the most versatile usefulness. There is hardly any part of the paw-paw plant that is not valuable. When any part of the paw-paw plant is incised, especially the unripe fruit, a white milky substance called latex exudes.  In order to preserve the plant’s life, […]

Preface If you travel out of Nigeria to advanced countries you will discover for yourself by just looking around the airport shops, that Nigeria would be a fairly rich country if she specializes in producing just cocoa, only cocoa for export. You will obviously realize that CHOCOLATE or SMARTIES, the sweet candy delicacy processed from […]

World Production (Supply) The world’s total raw output of cocoa is estimated at 4 million tonnes. The largest cocoa-producing countries are Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Indonesia with respective annual outputs of 2 million, 1 million, and 500,000 tonnes. Nigeria’s dramatic decline from about 300,000 metric tonnes in the sixties and seventies to 160,000 tonnes in […]