Plant breeding efforts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have produced biofortified cassava with high carotenoid content to address vitamin A deficiencies (VAD). Since carotenoids in foods are easily depleted during processing, the retention of β-carotene in some newly released cassava varieties is und...
Eyinla, T.E.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Alamu, E.O.
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Sanusi, R.A.
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[Retention of pro-vitamin a content in products from new biofortified cassava varieties]
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Retention of pro-vitamin a content in products from new biofortified cassava varieties
An advanced time series econometric technique was used to study the interaction between the prices of fermented flour, a popular cassava-based food product also called lafun, in typical urban-demand and ruralsupply markets in Nigeria. The price data cover 95 weeks from week 37 of 2004 to week 28 ...
Ojiako, I.
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Ezedinma, C.
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Asumugha, G.N.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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[Spatial integration and price transmission in selected cassava products markets in Nigeria: a case of gari]
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Spatial integration and price transmission in selected cassava products markets in Nigeria: a case of gari
Escobar, Andrés
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Dahdouh, Layal
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Rondet, Eric
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Ricci, Julien
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Dufour, Dominique
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Tran, Thierry
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Cuq, Bernard
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Delalonde, Michèle
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[Development of a Novel Integrated Approach to Monitor Processing of Cassava Roots into Gari: Macroscopic and Microscopic Scales]
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Development of a Novel Integrated Approach to Monitor Processing of Cassava Roots into Gari: Macroscopic and Microscopic Scales
Gari is a roasted fermented granular product made from cassava in many African countries. It is consumed raw, or added with water, or cooked into a paste. Up to now, gari enriched with palm oil and/or soybean is not available on Beninese markets. To our knowledge, no sensory profiling using appro...
Adinsi, Laurent
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Akissoé, Noël
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Escobar, Andres
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Prin, Laure
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Kougblenou, Nadège
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Dufour, Dominique
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Hounhouigan, Djidjoho J.
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Fliedel, Geneviève
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[Sensory and physicochemical profiling of traditional and enriched gari in Benin]
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Sensory and physicochemical profiling of traditional and enriched gari in Benin
A village level survey was organised in 200 villages in semiarid areas of Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Niger, and Nigeria using structured questionnaires in order to provide baseline information on the status of cassava processing technology as part of the collaborative study on cassava in semiarid...
Tshiunza, M.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Bokanga, M.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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[Current status of cassava processing technology in semiarid areas of Central and West Africa. In The small processor and development of local food industries for market economy]
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Current status of cassava processing technology in semiarid areas of Central and West Africa. In The small processor and development of local food industries for market economy
The comsumption of garri- a dry granule processed from cassava roots in Nigeria is now a nation-wide habit and practice. Its price fluctuates so much that the question is now being asked as to whom should the commodity be target to? The poor or the rich? This paper reports a study of the faqctors...
Meludu, N.
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Ajani, O.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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[Gari: food for the rich or the poor consumers in Nigeria]
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Gari: food for the rich or the poor consumers in Nigeria