SMALL-SCALE PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF TROPICAL ROOT CROPS. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Plucknett, Donald L, 1931-; University of Hawaii (Honolulu)., College of Tropical Agriculture.
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; An Overview: Systems Approach to Root Crop Research; Section I Synthesis Reports of International Working Groups; 1. Working Group Report: Handling and Storage; 2. Working Group Report: Processing Techniques and Products; 3. Working Group Report: Economic Analysis of Tropical Root Crop Products; Section II Processing and Storage in Selected Countries; 1. Storage and Processing of Root Crops in the South Pacific; 2. Handling, Storage, and Processing of Root Crops in Fiji 3. Processing and Storage of Root Crops in Papua New Guinea4. Processing and Storage of Sweet Potato and Aroids in the Philippines; 5. Storage and Processing of Some Nigerian Root Crops; 6. The Technical and Social Problems of Taro Processing and Storage in Nigeria; 7. Processing and Storage of Yam in Nigeria; 8. Storage and Processing of Taro in the People's Republic of China; Section III Post-Harvest Handling and Storage; 1. Storage Problems in Aroids and Sweet Potato in India; 2. The Use of Fungicides against Post-Harvest Decay in Stored Taro in the Solomon Islands 3. Importing Root Crops from the South Pacific Islands for New Zealand Markets4. The Potential for Genetic Improvement in Storage Quality of Root Crops; 5. Effect of Storage on Paddy Taro Production System Efficiency; Section IV Processing Techniques and Products; 1. The Processing of Yams; 2. Processing and Storage of Taro Products; 3. Processing of Taro into Dehydrated, Stable Intermediate Products; 4. Starch and Flour from Taro; 5. Processing of Root Crop Products, Especially Taro and Cassava, in Western Samoa; 6. Drum-Dried Pineapple-Taro and Mango-Taro Flakes 7. Non-food Applications of Starch, Especially Potential Uses of Taro8. Processing of Root Crops in India; 9. Mechanical Devices for Peeling Cassava Roots; 10. Cassava Chips Processing and Drying: A Cassava Chipping Machine; 11. The Role of Women in Cassava Processing in Nigeria; Section V Economic Analysis of Tropical Root Crops; 1. Taro Processing in Hawaii: An Economic and Historical Perspective; 2. The Implications of Cassava Processing and Marketing for Other Root Crops; 3. Production, Distribution, and Final Uses of Sweet Potato in Taiwan; 4. Taro Marketing in Hawaii
• Publisher Details: BOCA RATON : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 664/.8; Root crops -- Processing -- Congresses; Root crops -- Storage -- Congresses; Tropical crops -- Storage -- Congresses; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General; Root crops -- Processing; Root crops -- Storage; Tropical crops -- Storage; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0429306180; 9780429306181; 9781000239768; 1000239764; 9781000311648; 1000311643; 9781000275704; 1000275701
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