How increasing increasing costs are affecting cassava farming in Nigeria /Another farmer cries out

When a farmer harvest this full load of cassava from the farm. Its almost 3 tons

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Lets just day 2.7 tons at minimum
The driver take it to the gari processors and collect money

At present, The cassava in this pick up is N40,000
Driver deducts his fuel money of N20,000
The driver pay for fuel and will eventually have N5,000 take home fee

Farmer get N20,000
Farmer pay the people that uproot the cassava and the people that load it unto truck N10,000

Farmer take home pay for selling almost 3 tons of cassava is N10,000

Read also : Is Cassava farming truly becoming unprofitable? https://sycamoretimes.com/2026/06/19/is-cassava-farming-truly-becoming-unprofitable/


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