A young Sierra Leonean Agriculturist, Francis John Sesay has invested in the production of cassava flour.

Cassava flour could serve as an alternative to the infamous wheat flour which is currently short in market due to the war in Ukraine.

Sesay, who studied Agricultural Engineering at Njala University launched is Cassavity brand as alternative to wheat flour which is expensive now in his country due Ukraine war.

Sesay said the flour can be used for baking cakes, doughnuts, pies and other flour-related products like fish ball.

Although cassava is a famous staple crop in Sierra Leone but it usage as a wheat flour substitute is new in the West African nation.

Some experts have said that large investment in the agriculture sector especially cassava could assist Sierra Leone achieve food sufficiency.