Different products like corn flour, corn flakes, corn starch can be produced from maize seed. Maize flour is derived from grounded maize seeds and it is the second most produced and consumed flour after that of wheat, competing with rice flour.
In northern Nigeria, maize flour is a common stable for the preparation of a meal called ‘tuwo,’ consumed mostly at dinner time in an average home.
In the last 10 years, many individuals, especially women, have ventured into the business of making maize flour locally. Few succeeded in establishing cottage firms for their production, but many have since collapsed with the growing cost of production and incessant hike in market price of raw material (maize).