Evaluation of cassava processing and utilization at household level in Zambia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationZambia Agricultural Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorAfrican Development Banken
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierALAMU Emmanuel Oladeji (PhD, FIFST, MNIFST): 0000-0001-6263-1359
cg.creator.identifierPheneas Ntawuruhunga: 0000-0003-2330-9070
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0875-3en
cg.identifier.iitathemeBIOTECH & PLANT BREEDING
cg.identifier.iitathemeNUTRITION & HUMAN HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1876-4517en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalFood Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDINGen
cg.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorAlamu, Emmanuel Oladejien
dc.contributor.authorNtawuruhunga, Pheneasen
dc.contributor.authorChibwe, T.en
dc.contributor.authorMukuka, I.en
dc.contributor.authorChiona, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-18T07:57:33Zen
dc.date.available2019-02-18T07:57:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99468
dc.titleEvaluation of cassava processing and utilization at household level in Zambiaen
dcterms.abstractCassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the second most consumed staple food crop after maize in Africa and is the main food security crop after maize in Zambia. A study, aimed at analyzing cassava processing and utilization at household level in Zambia, was conducted. Surveys were conducted in five districts (Kasama, Samfya, Mansa, Serenje and Kaoma). A structured questionnaire was administered to a total of 300 randomly selected households. The percentage of households that were involved in processing were 4.3% for income, 34% for consumption and 58% for both income generation and consumption. Levels of awareness and usage of improved cassava processing methods across the districts were low, ranging between 20% and 26%. The only improved processing equipment that farmers used often (69%) was the hammer mill. Product development and utilization were still at a low level (ranging between 9% and 18%) in Zambia. Cassava is mostly consumed in its traditional form for its leaves, as a snack, and for preparing nshima (cassava flour alone or a mixture of cassava and maize meal, called maize-cassava nshima). The limited knowledge of cassava products’ diversity and the low usage of improved equipment are challenges to the production of confectionery products that could lead to increased cassava consumption. There has been no significant change over the last two decades in cassava processing and product development, which could spur cassava development. This calls for more efforts to support Government policy in diversifying crop use and crop diversification in order to create wealth.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2019-01-15
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlamu, E.O., Ntawuruhunga, P., Chibwe, T., Mukuka, I. & Chiona, M. (2019). Evaluation of cassava processing and utilization at household level in Zambia. Food Security, 1-10.en
dcterms.extentp. 141-150en
dcterms.issued2019-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectprocessingen
dcterms.subjecthouseholden
dcterms.subjectconfectioneryen
dcterms.subjectproductsen
dcterms.subjectproduct developmenten
dcterms.subjectequipmenten
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.subjectfood scienceen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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