June 22, 2022

Consumption Switch: NAMDEVCO Invites Consumers To Explore Alternatives To Wheat Flour

By Newsroom

On the heels of a 28 to 33 percent hike in the price flour coming into effect today, NAMDEVCO is encouraging the public to consider alternatives to Wheat flour, noting farmers have locally produced flour products from provisions such as cassava and sweet potato.

NAMDEVCO will host a recipe demonstration at the Queen’s Park Savannah Farmers’ Market this Sunday.

“We are aware that countries are being faced with limited supplies of wheat flour which is likely to create an imbalance in the supply and demand of wheat for domestic use,” NAMDEVCO said. 

“Our monitoring records indicate consistent quarterly production of 1.15 million kg of sweet potatoes and 1.07 million kg of cassava, which can be readily converted into root crop flour. This data shows that farmers continue to successfully produce a wide range of root crops despite external factors that can affect production, inclusive of climate change.” 

“These composite flours are easily accessible and nutritious. Flour made from both cassava and sweet potato sources are on sale weekly at a number of our Farmers Markets, ”it added: 

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