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Start a gari processing plant

Cassava→Gari, and cassava flour or chips later

Gari is eaten in every home, and cassava grows almost everywhere. A small plant grates, presses and roasts. Peeling and packing can be done by hand at first, so you start with three machines and add the rest as it sells.

Bigger, smaller or a different product? Describe it and we plan the line.

The line, step by step

What happens from cassava to gari, and the machine for each step. Steps marked “add later” can be done by hand while you start.

  1. Peel

    Add later

    Takes the skin off the roots. Many plants start with a team peeling by hand.

    Cassava peeling machines
  2. Wash

    By hand

    Washes off sand and peel in clean water, by hand in big basins.

  3. Grate

    Turns the roots into a fine mash. The first machine most gari makers buy.

    Cassava grating machines
  4. Ferment and press

    The mash ferments in sacks for a few days, then the press squeezes the water out.

    Cassava press machines
  5. Sieve

    By hand

    The pressed cake is broken up and sieved to an even grain, by hand.

  6. Roast

    Roasts the meal dry and crisp, more evenly than a row of pans over open fires.

    Garri (gari) roasters and frying machines
  7. Pack

    Add later

    Weighs and seals gari in branded bags for shops. Sell in bulk at the market first.

    Snack and granule pouch packing machines

Starter line

The machines a small plant opens with. The other steps are done by hand at first. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Cassava grating machinesGrate
  2. Cassava press machinesFerment and press
  3. Garri (gari) roasters and frying machinesRoast

Full line

Every machine on the line, for when you are ready to grow, or to start bigger. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Cassava peeling machinesPeel
  2. Cassava grating machinesGrate
  3. Cassava press machinesFerment and press
  4. Garri (gari) roasters and frying machinesRoast
  5. Snack and granule pouch packing machinesPack

Power

Graters and presses come with a diesel engine or an electric motor. Roasters burn firewood, gas or diesel, depending on the model. Tell us what power you have and we quote the version that runs on it.

Grow machine by machine

Each machine can be its own order, with its own deposit and instalments. Start with the step that earns, and order the next one from what it brings in.

Starting as a group? Buy it together: each member pays their share from their own phone.

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Farming & food processing

Cassava chipping machines

Machines that slice fresh cassava into chips for drying, flour and animal feed.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

Machines & heavy equipment

Flash dryers for cassava flour

Hot-air flash drying for high-quality cassava flour (HQCF) and starch in minutes. Tell us your hourly output.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

Machines & heavy equipment

Single-cylinder diesel engines

Small diesel engines that drive corn mills, water pumps and other machines off-grid.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

Before you buy

  1. Fresh cassava spoils within two or three days of harvest. Agree where your roots will come from, every week, before you buy machines.
  2. Pressing makes a lot of sour water. Plan where it drains, away from homes, wells and streams.
  3. Roasting is hot, smoky work. Put the roaster under a high roof with open sides.
  4. To sell packed gari in shops and supermarkets, register it with the FDA Ghana. Bulk sales at the market do not wait on that.

Are you ready for the machines?

Tick what you already have in place. What is left shows what to sort out before you order.

  • Agree supply with farmers, aggregators or collectors before you buy machines. A plant waiting for raw material earns nothing.

  • Talk to traders, shops, schools and exporters, and take them samples. Selling is harder than making.

  • Machines need a solid floor, a roof, drainage, and room for raw stock and finished goods.

  • Ask ECG what your site has or can get. We quote machines with a diesel engine or the motor that matches your power.

  • Food plants wash a lot. A storage tank or borehole keeps you working when the supply stops.

  • Start with the machine that earns first. With Landed you pay a deposit, then the rest in any amounts while it ships, with no interest.

  • Register the business with the Office of the Registrar of Companies and get your district assembly’s business permit. Packed food, drinks and cosmetics need FDA Ghana registration.

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Buying a machine with Landed

  • One all-in price to Accra before you pay anything: the machine, shipping, duty and clearing, in writing.
  • A deposit, then the rest your way while it ships: any amount from GH₵ 50, no fixed schedule, no interest, no fee.
  • The price is locked once your deposit is paid. If the exchange rate, freight or duty change, we absorb it.
  • Straight from the factory, not a middleman, with receipt, packing and arrival photos on your tracker.
  • Your deposit back in full if the seller cannot supply your machine and you do not want an alternative.
  • Covered on the way. Lost or damaged before handover is always on us. Add Landed Protection, and a wrong, not-as-described or dead-on-arrival machine is replaced or refunded in full.
  • A free consultation first on the voltage, spare parts and servicing your machine needs.

Every case is on our refunds page. How instalments work: pay your way.