Agriculture Ministry, IICA plan to restart cassava production at Tapakuma

The Tapakuma Agro-Processing plant in Region Two (Government Information Agency photo)

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy recently met with the Tapakuma village council in Region Two and representatives of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to discuss plans to expand the cassava industry and restart operations at the village’s cassava processing factory.

The factory was established in 2007 but has not been operational for the past two years as it was not profitable,