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Improved energy performance of small-scale pneumatic dryers used for cassava processing
This document describes an adjustment made to the feeding rate of a pneumatic dryer used to produce cassava flour in Ghana. The adjustment resulted in a significant improvement on the dryer’s energy performance. The work ...
PRA document for cassava green mite (Mononychellus tanajoa)
Development of process-based phenology model for M. tanajoa, using ILCYM software developed by CIP, generated from data collected under five constant temperatures (16, 21, 26, 31, and 36°C), with relative humidity of ~75% ...
Capacity building on dimensioning, design and operation of small-scale pneumatic dryers (2 - interim report September 2018)
The most suitable types of equipment available for drying cassava is a pneumatic dryer. State of-the-art industrial pneumatic dryers are available and are used to process cassava in many tropical countries. However, in ...
The Mobile Cassava Processing Plant: Modern cassava processing machinery on wheels
The specially constructed Mobile Cassava Processing Plant consists of modern processing machinery and an electricity generator that is housed on a six-wheel machinery carrier equipped with a loader crane.
Cassava Varieties Homologation Decree
The Ministry of Agriculture of Cote d'Ivore decree the homologation of 5 cassava varieties from IITA and IRAD.
Nomination of Cassava Variety, Poundable (TMEB693), for Registration and Release for Fresh Roots Markets in Nigeria
The variety presented here for registration and release would serve as a replacement for older poundable or ‘boil and eat’ varieties, now out of cultivation, but persistently requested for by consumers and growers. We ...
Impact of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria
This report answers the following key research question: Does adoption of improved cassava varieties have any significant causal effects on productivity and poverty? The results of this project showed that about 60% of the ...
Sustainable rapid production of disease-free cassava planting material
To inject disease free planting material to the cassava growers and also for rapid dissemination of improved variety(s) CIAT cassava program has established practicable multiplication innovations in Laos and Cambodia during ...
2017 - 2018 Technical Report - Root and Tuber Crops for Agricultural Transformation in Malawi
The International Potato Center (CIP), with funding from Irish Aid, is leading the implementation of a 5-year project entitled “Root and Tuber Crops for Agricultural Transformation in Malawi” (RTC-ACTION Malawi). The project ...
Selecting Partial Inbred Clones and Exploring Heterosis in Cassava Report
CIAT started exploring the heterosis in cassava and made selfing of 23 clones, of which 20 clones have high dry matter, and three have high beta-carotene to determine the heterotic pattern, either identifying or creating ...