Loss assessment in processing cassava into gari
1997
Ajav, E.A. (University of Ibadan (Nigeria). Faculty of Technology. Dept. of Agricultural Engineering)
Experiments were conducted to quantify losses in processing cassava into gari. Average loss of 5% of cassava occurred at the peeling stage. Grating process recorded an average loss ranging from 3 to 8%. Highest lossof 8% occurred at the local centre as against 3.8% in themodern centre where improved machines were used. Losses at he pulping stage ranged from 3 to 5%. Sifting process losses ranged from 3 to 4% for modern centres and between 4 to 5% for local cassava processing centres. Total average loss in gari processing for modern centres was 17% while that for local centres was 23%. Garification rate of 0.66 and 0.57 was established for the modern and local processing centres respectively.
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