Low efficiency of available screening procedures constrains breeding and selection of yams (Dioscorea spp.) towards high textural quality of food products made from their tubers. This study was undertaken to determine the potential usefulness of pasting characteristics of fresh yams as rapid indi...
Otegbayo, B.
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Aina, J.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Bokanga, M.
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[Pasting characteristics of fresh yams (Dioscorea spp.) as indicators of textural quality in a major food product: pounded yam]
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Pasting characteristics of fresh yams (Dioscorea spp.) as indicators of textural quality in a major food product: pounded yam
Textural quality of pounded yam made from tubers of Dioscorea rotundata Poir. and Dioscorea alata L. that were freshly harvested or stored for 4 months were evaluated using texture profile analysis. Significant correlations were obtained between the values for texture attributes evaluated using s...
Otegbayo, B.
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Aina, J.
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Abbey, L.
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Sakyi‐Dawson, E.
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Bokanga, M.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Texture profile analysis applied to pounded yam]
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Texture profile analysis applied to pounded yam
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is the second most important root and tuber crop in Africa after cassava. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between physicochemical properties of yam starch (amylose and amylopectin, swelling, solubility and water binding capacity) and the textural qualit...
Otegbayo, B.
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Bokanga, M.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Physicochemical properties of yam starch: effect on textural quality of yam food product (pounded yam)]
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Physicochemical properties of yam starch: effect on textural quality of yam food product (pounded yam)
A comparative study was conducted with four improved cowpea (2 pod bug resistant and 2 susceptible) varieties to assess the effect of autoclaving at 105 ~ under 15 psi for 30 min on their protein quality, as measured by the levels of some antinutritional factors and performance of rats fed the di...
Umoren, U.E.
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Tewe, O.O.
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Bokanga, M.
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Jackai, L.E.N.
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[Protein quality of raw and autoclaved cowpeas: Comparison between some insect resistant and susceptible varieties]
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Protein quality of raw and autoclaved cowpeas: Comparison between some insect resistant and susceptible varieties
Leaves of two varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) – TME1 (local) and TMS30572 (improved) – were subjected to African household processing (heat-treated, pounded and cooked and crushed, ground and cooked) and compared for proximate composition, minerals, vitamins and antinutritional fa...
Achidi, A.U.
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Ajayi, O.A.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Bokanga, M.
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[The effect of processing on the nutrient content of cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) leaves]
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The effect of processing on the nutrient content of cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) leaves
Cassava roots contain cyanogenic glucosides. Malawian farmers classify cultivars into two groups based on the perceived danger of eating raw roots that they associate with bitterness. In the vernacular, cultivars that produce roots with bitter taste are called vyakubaba (bitter), whereas those yi...
Chiwona-Karltun, L.
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Brimer, L.
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Kalenga Saka, J.D.
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Mhone, A.R.
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Mkumbira, J.
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Johansson, L.
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Bokanga, M.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Rosling, H.
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[Bitter taste in cassava roots correlates with cyanogenic glucoside levels]
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Bitter taste in cassava roots correlates with cyanogenic glucoside levels
This paper assessed the relative economic efficiency and output supply and input demand responses of women farmers in western Kenya. The results showed that women are as technically and allocatively efficient as men. However, neither men nor women have absolute allocative efficiency. Women farmer...
Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Omanya, G.
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Mignouna, H.
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Bokanga, M.
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Odhiambo, G.D.
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[Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: comparative evidence from Western Kenya]
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Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: comparative evidence from Western Kenya
Alene, Arega D.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Omanya, G.
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Mignouna, H.D.
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Bokanga, M.
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Odhiambo, G.
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[Smallholder market participation under transactions costs: maize supply and fertilizer demand in Kenya]
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Smallholder market participation under transactions costs: maize supply and fertilizer demand in Kenya
The effects of boiling on the microstructure of yams and their association with the textural quality of “boiled yam,” arguably the most common food product from yams, were studied using six varieties with variable cooking qualities from each of the two species, Dioscorea alata L. and D. rotundata...
Otegbayo, B.
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Aina, J.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Bokanga, M.
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[Microstructure of boiled yam (Dioscorea spp.) and its implication for assessment of textural quality]
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Microstructure of boiled yam (Dioscorea spp.) and its implication for assessment of textural quality
Yields of the major staple crops (maize, sorghum, millet, cassava, cowpea and bananas/plantains)
of smallholder farmers in Africa have remained stagnant or even declined in the past 40 years.
Numerous biotic and abiotic stresses facing these crops in Africa have contributed to this scenario.
Loca...
Boadi, R.Y.
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Bokanga, M.
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[Bringing technological innovations to African smallholder farmers through intellectual property and technology transfer management: The AATF approach]
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Bringing technological innovations to African smallholder farmers through intellectual property and technology transfer management: The AATF approach