African countries are replacing wheat with local rice, cassava flour, and sorghum

Sorghum

Cassava Flour

Rice

Wheat

Published May 9, 2022

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A number of African countries have replaced wheat, whose price has increased by 40% this year, in bread and pastry industries, such as all kinds of bread and pasta, with other cheaper alternatives, especially local rice, cassava flour and sorghum, against the background of what the Russian invasion resulted in limiting exports. Ukraine is one of the largest exporters, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News Agency, which deals with economic affairs.

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These local crops are less vulnerable to trade disruptions and global inflation, and thus offer some protection from food prices that are still close to record levels. It is noteworthy that Kenya imports about 44% of wheat from the Black Sea region, and the rise in prices contributed to raising inflation rates to 6.5% during the month of April. Nairobi-based manufacturer of X-branded wheat flour and gogo maize flour, Onga Group, is seeing a sales shift to its Amana production line for rice and legumes. "We may see some pressure towards higher consumption of locally produced coarse grains," said Shirley Mostafa, an economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in a press statement to Bloomberg News. Bloomberg News Agency reported that pasta manufacturers are currently working on replacing wheat with other recipes that contain rice flour, corn and lentils. While it is used in the bakery industry, soybeans and sorghum. In the Congo, the government has ...

Source: Akhbarelyom