Idea Profile

Plantain, a tropical crop, contains carbohydrate and iron. It is generally consumed in more primitive forms like; boiled, deep-fried, roasted or porridged. The most unexplored use of plantain is its capacity to be used for the production of flour. When plantain is dried and ground, it gives an equivalent of wheat flour.
Useful in that it supplements wheat flour, which is expensive in third world countries due to importation costs, and complements the same in the rest of the world. It is eco friendly as the barks of plantain tubers can be recycled to give natural fertilizers which conserve the soil's richness and ensure the satisfaction of the present generation without compromising that of future generations. Alleviates poverty and misery through the creation of jobs.
Since bread and all other pastries are consumed by every household in the world, the market for the product is wide and indiscriminate of age, colour, race, riches, poverty or creed.