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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade ordet cassava.
1. Cassava Processing: Safety and Protein Fortification
Sammanfattning : Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important and cheap source of carbohydrate in tropical regions, particularly in Sub-Sahara Africa. Cassava as a human food is a good source of energy as it has a comparable high energy density of about 610 kJ/100 g fresh root. LÄS MER
2. Processing of raw Cassava (Manihot esculenta) - Experiments and Modelling
Sammanfattning : The objective of the present thesis was to understand how the quality and performance of dried cassava products could be developed by drying and other processing steps. This goal was achieved in several stages. LÄS MER
3. Control and Rent-Seeking: The Role of the State in the Thai Cassava Industry
Sammanfattning : What we can conclude from this study is that the state and the market are not perfect substitutes in allocating resources and sustaining economic development separately. The case of the Thai cassava industry seems to suggest that the Thai state is not benevolent, but predatory in nature. LÄS MER
4. Enhancing Composite Cassava Bread Quality - Effect of cassava pre-treatment and baking improvers
Sammanfattning : Due to unfavourable climatic conditions, the production of wheat in Mozambique is not sufficient to satisfy national food industrial needs and substantial quantities must be imported at high cost. Bread is currently produced basically using wheat flour. LÄS MER
5. The causation of konzo : studies on a paralytic disease in Africa
Sammanfattning : Epidemics of a permanent, non-progressive spastic paraparesis with sudden onset hasbeen reported from several rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in East Africasuggested an association with dietary cyanide intake from unprocessed cassava. LÄS MER