Hidden labour behind Nigeria’s garri: How women labour for hours to feed homes

Women in Nigeria’s cassava‑growing regions shoulder the majority of labor, ownership and processing tasks that turn raw tubers into garri, the country’s most consumed staple. Their daily, often under‑tree, work—from fermenting and grinding

Across cassava-producing communities, women sustain one of Nigeria’s most consumed staple foods through a layered system of labour, ownership, and machinery, where survival work continues daily under trees, makeshits shelters and within processing centres The smell of fermented cassava hangs in the air long before the work comes into view, sharp, sour, and heavy in […] Hidden labour behind Nigeria’s garri: How women labour for hours to feed homes