Location (States):
Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa,
Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti.  Enugu,
Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara,
Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau,
Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara, FCT.

Annual Production (MetricTonnes):    
1999 =  35,980,000
2000  =   36,750,000

Industrial uses:
Used in baking, animal feed and in food industry.

Process Technology/Equipment:
Cassava Milling/Chipping
Cassava tubers washed, peeled, sliced and chipped to various sizes, then dried or milled.

For Starch production
Peeling, grating, screening, setting, sedimentation, drying, milling, bagging.

Equipment
Tanks, peelers, slicers, chipers, hammer or disk mill.

Status/Prospects:
This is one of the most important staple crops in Nigeria.  It is noted as a crop that is grown in all ecological zones because of its tolerance to extreme ecological stress.
The National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) Umudike in collaboration with IITA,  Ibadan have developed high yielding varieties, such higher productivity is expected from this in due course.  Many private companies are now exploring avenues of exporting cassava chips/pellets particularly to the European Countries.

R&D Activities: 
NRCRI developed 3 new varieties : NR-8082,8083, and 87184 for various ecological zones of the country. All these are high yielding (30-40 tonnes/ha), with NR 8083 having additional quality of high dry matter content which is good for the animal feed industry. The Institute also developed odorless foo-foo technology which removes most unwanted odour from fermented Cassava root meals. Also developed was the Cassava root meals, which is the conversion of whole cassava root into forms that can be fed directly to Poultry & Swine.