Manual: fresh cassava roots handling for waxing and relative humidity storage

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Training report: capacity building in entrepreneurial and business skills for operationalizing fresh cassava roots packhouse.

This report describes the capacity building process and activities that were done to enhance the business and entrepreneurial skills of packhouse operators

Technical report: Postharvest Physiological Deterioration (PPD) tolerance of selected Ugandan cassava varieties. Extending the shelf-life of fresh cassava roots for increased incomes and postharvest losses reduction

The purpose of this study is to screen cassava varieties for their level of tolerance or susceptibility to Postharvest Physiological Deterioration (PPD). Specifically, it aims at collecting varieties of fresh cassava roots preferred by consumers in Ugandan. The study targets the two major fresh cassava supply axes, i.e., Masindi/Kiryandongo and Kyenjojo/Kabarole. Fresh cassava roots were screened for tolerance or susceptibility to PPD. The study also aims at determining the effect of pruning on the deterioration of cassava roots over time and the changes in root biochemistry during storage of both pruned and non-pruned cassava varieties

Training report: capacity building in agronomic practices, waxing and relative humidity storage technologies for shelf-life extension of fresh cassava roots.

This report describes the capacity building process and activities that were done to enable the value chain actors adopt and adapt the pre-and post-harvest practices, and waxing and high relative humidity storage technologies in order to run a successful business enterprise

Technical Report: Market opportunities and value chain analysis of fresh cassava roots in Uganda.

European UnionInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmen

Technical report: efficacy of pruning, waxing and relative humidity storage in extending shelf-life of fresh cassava roots. Extending the shelf-life of fresh cassava roots for increased incomes and postharvest losses reduction.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate waxing and high relative humidity treatments for efficacy on Postharvest Physiological Deterioration (PPD) reduction. Specifically, it aimed at evaluating effect of waxing and relative humidity storage on PPD, reducing sugars, dry matter content, cyanide content and starch yield as well as acceptability of treated roots

Manual: setting up a packhouse for waxing and relative humidity storage of fresh cassava roots

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