Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), also named yuca, is a perennial woody shrub with tuberous roots in the family Euphorbiaceae. Cassava is now widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin. The world production of cassava in 2012 was estimated as tonnes with the top producers being Nigeria, Indonesia, Brazil, and Thailand (FAO, 1994). Being very rich in starch (90% of the dry matter), Cassava is mainly used in traditional human foods, but is also used industrially
power, and rail. In additions, extensive reforms are in progress in the power, ports, and domestic air transport sectors. However, there are still challenges that exist. Water and sanitation is still a problem in Nigeria with declining levels of piped water coverage. Roads are in poor condition because of lack in maintenance and air transport safety is low. In order to develop a better infrastructure will require around $14.2 billion per year for the next decade. Due to a great amount of revenues
produced by Thailand is cassava. There are many different names throughout the continents of the world but in the Asian continent, tapioca is its name. Its yuca in Spanish-speaking countries and in South America specifically around the Brazil area it is called madioca. No matter the name, cassava has brought a lot of revenue to Thailand through exporting tapioca flour (Thai Tapioca Starch Association). Tapioca flour or tapioca starch is found by removing the starch from the cassava root of the plant.
Food is filled with Natural chemical that are essential to our health, but some foods include potentially unsafe substance called natural toxins. Most natural toxins happen naturally in just few foods and other natural toxins are produced when the food is damaged or when mould or fungi growth on the food, First natural toxins produced by fungi: Example Mycotoxins. Mycotoxins The Mycotoxins are metabolites of mould which may infect foods, animal feeds and that happen to be toxic to human. The
Toxicity problem is another factor that affecting nutritive value of cassava leaves (Tontisirin et al 2002). The variability observed in chemical components of cassava and its by-products in this study agreed with the report of Chaves et al. (2005) that there is much variation in the nutrient quality of the cassava root, leave and peel. The higher variability noticed in crude fiber, ether extract and ash for cassava root, leaf and peel could be due to resultant effect of soil nutrient and other
Plantains and Cassava Introduction: Plantains (members of the banana family), represent the number one fruit crop in the world, both in terms of production and commerce. Plantains are herbaceous plants which grow vigorously. Varieties of bananas vary in the size of the plant and the fruits, plant morphology, quality of the fruits and in the resistance to diseases and insects, yet most varieties cultivated are hybrids among these species. For the different ways of participating in food: cooked (green
Background This chapter discourses innovation and venture creation in entrepreneurship. The chapter describes skills and innovations in venture creation through which a typical entrepreneur can start and grow his business from the acquired skill and available resources. The allocation of resources by an entrepreneur marked with necessary capabilities is a matter of entrepreneurial vision, which mainly depends on the creativity of the entrepreneur. The first step to venturing into any enterprise is
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach Nigeria. In addition, this was around the time when they established Nigeria as the slave trade center. Portuguese explorers introduced Cassava to Western Africa. By the 1700s, the British were the main traders of slaves on the Nigerian Coast. They also introduced Cassava, in addition, Beans and Maize. The Explorers introduced Asian seasonings such as pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Nigeria is one of the most ethnically diverse countries: the Hausa and
Beside, cassava is used for many different purposes in industrial starch, such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, especially biofuels (Sriroth, Piyachomkwan et al. 2000). Along with economic development, the amount of starch needed for industry is increasing remarkably
The forest not only hides man's enemies but it’s full of man's medicine, healing power and food. ~African Proverb. Africa is a continent that is rich and diverse in terms of culture and traditions. The continent is also considered to be the agricultural hub in the world. Due to this, most of African culture is ultimately intertwined with the foodstuffs that the land has to offer. In general, most of the inhabitants of Africa live within the rural areas and rely on subsistent farming to meet their
markings different for each village. They were made in shapes of frogs, birds or heads with wide eyes and large ears for handles. Basketwork cylinders – These were made to extract the poisonous juice of cassava. Cassava was the Arawaks main food, they made cassava cakes, pepperpot with cassava and a sauce called cassareep. Kalinago They painted their bodies to protect against the heat and insect bites made from vegetable dye and oil. Fishing arrows and Spears were tipped with shell and bone
Food shortage is a global problem and tragedy of the world. There are almost 1 billion people who suffer from incessant hunger. Every 6 seconds a child dies from hunger (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010). It is unacceptable that number of hungry people is so high. Hunger is continuous, serious and structural problem, which could not be solved in one day. Different world organizations, scientists, economists, politics care about undernourished people and try to find ways
government owned Agriculture Company in Africa. MCC buys Cassava from farmers in Malundi and sells it inside and exports it outside of Malundi. On the other hand KJH is an American based pharmaceutical corporation that recently discovered a new treatment for arthritis made of Cassava extract. KHJ also invented a process to transfer Cassava into Cassava extract that will be used to make arthritis drug. KJH will need a contestant supply of Cassava extract in order to make that medicine. For this reason
pepperpot is a uniquely brown stewed meat dish that is usually prepared in a large pot and is flavored with a number of ingredients which include cinnamon, orange peel, clove, hot pepper, and the main ingredient cassareep - a special thick dark cassava based liquid which gives pepperpot its unique brown color. The cassareep allows for the meat to be preserved for weeks, and the only thing that would be required is for the pepperpot to be reheated when people are ready to consume it. The most popular
Yam is composed mainly of starch (75-84% of the dry weight) with small amounts of proteins, lipids and most vitamins and is very rich in minerals (Shin et al., 2012). It is a good source of inulin, which is a form of sugar with low calorie value with immense benefits to diabetics. Its phyto-nutritional profile comprises of dietary fiber, and antioxidants, in addition to traces of minerals and vitamins (Slavin et al., 2011). Plant carbohydrates mainly include celluloses, gums and starches. The
of water. These are important details, when we are sorting out the details for why various food sources were abundant and in some areas, yet in others; they were scarcely available if not at all. “The essential staples in Africa includes yams, cassava, green bananas, plantains, sorghum, millet, barley and lentils” These were known to be used either in combination or added with meat as a flavoring, if it were available. Later after trade routes were formed and settlers from outside countries
Nemo Li The Benefits and Drawbacks of Transgenic Technology Science in modern society is developing rapidly, which stimulates the improvement of many things, like many kinds of entertainment, electronic devices, the public transport system, and especially some new technologies. Transgenic technology, which was first utilized by Cohen in 1974, is a typical example of them. As a technology that is not very familiar to people, transgenic is a quite controversial word. In 2014, magazine Scientific
of sacrifices at the village center. In the book they celebrate with palm wine, but currently one of the principal exports is a palm oil and palm kernel. The main crops of the Igbo are yams, cassava, and taro, which are all under ground tuber root type vegetation. Cassava is a plant that is used to cassava flour, breads, tapioca, a laundry starch, and even an as an alcoholic beverage (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica (Ed.), 2014). Taro is used... ... middle of paper ... ...e. Retrieved
in population in both hemispheres, where the explorers returned to Europe loaded with corn, tomatoes, potatoes, which has become one of the main crops in Eurasia with the solutions of the eighteenth century. At the same time, the Europeans crops, cassava and peanuts to Southeast Asia with a tropical climate. What are the most common things associated with the exchange and how did they influence cultures on both sides of the Atlantic? What we can consider is the "traditional" cuisines of Europe are
Starch-based snacks and ready-to-eat breakfast cereal continue to increase in sales worldwide. Starch-based snacks are commonly made in the form of puffed products. Puffed products are appreciated mainly for their lightness and crispness. These qualities are related to the air cellular structure and degree of expansion. Puffing is a process used for engineering structures and properties of food materials to give a light, airy and crispy texture (Nath and Chattopadhyay, 2008; Mariotti et al., 2006)