Report on the study and improvement of cassava utilization in the Congo
1992
Treche, S. | Massamba, J.
A research program whose main objective is to adapt cassava processing to consumers' demands in the context of increasing urbanization was begun in Congo in January 1989. The program uses a multidisciplinary approach, associating Congolese and French research institutions with and institute of development, to undertake both descriptive studies and experiments in order to propose innovations. The descriptive studies are both on traditional cassava processing and consumption and on the biological and physico-chemical mechanisms of cassava. Anticipated innovations were to reduce the difficulty of processing chemical mechanisms of cassava. Anticipated innovations were to reduce the difficulty of processing roots into foufou and chikwangue, the main cassava foods in the Congo, and also to propose new products. Research methodology consisted of conducting surveys in rural and urban areas, laboratory and pilot plant assays, quality control testing in laboratories, sensory evaluations, and feasibility studies. The results obtained to date and presented in this report are mainly related to descriptive aspects, the knowledge of which is necessary for formulating and beginning innovations. However, technological processes have already been proposed for a chikwangue semi mechanized production unit and for a cassava based weaning food pilot plant
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