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Nigeria grows the most cassava. Why can't it earn export dollars?

Abby Narishkin, Korey Isbell, and Dorian Barranco
2023-05-16T14:13:15Z
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Nigeria is the globe's biggest producer of cassava, or yuca. It could stand to earn billions from exports of flour, sorbitol, bubble tea, and ethanol.

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