Recursos Tagged: Cassava

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  1. Toxicity and Food Security: A review of health effects of cyanide exposure from cassava and of ways to prevent these effects

    19/07/1992 Dr. Rosling does not like the statement “cassava contains cyanide.” A food that contained pure hydrogen cyanide could be easily detoxified (it would be driven off as a gas by cooking). If any free cyanide is present in cassava, it can easily be driven off into the air by temperatures over 28C (82...
    Toxicity Cyanide Cassava Food Security

  2. Como remover o veneno da farinha de cassava em Português (com sotaque brasileiro)

    A mandioca é um alimento básico para mais de 800 milhões de pessoas em aproximadamente 80 países, principalmente na região subsahariana africana, mas também na Ásia, no Pacífico e na América do Sul. A mandioca contem cianetos, que a protegem contra pragas e predadores produzindo ácido cianídrico....
    Cassava SAWBO Cyanide

  3. Straightforward rapid spectrophotometric quantification of total cyanogenic glycosides in fresh and processed cassava products

    Abstract - Food Chemistry, 2013 In this study, we extend pioneering studies and demonstrate straightforward applicability of the corrinbased chemosensor, aquacyanocobyrinic acid (ACCA), for the instantaneous detection and rapid quanti- fication of endogenous cyanide in fresh and processed cassava...
    Cassava Cyanogenic Glycosides Cyanide

  4. Growing cassava on sloping land - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video On sloping land, rainwater washes away the fertile soil and cassava yields will quickly decline. By reducing soil erosion and building up a healthy soil, you will continue to have a good cassava harvest for many years. Available languages Bambara English French...
    SALT Cassava Cross-Slope Barriers Sustainable Land M... Soil Fertility AccessAgriculture

  5. Understanding the Production of the Major Tropical/Subtropical Root Crops: Cassava, Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Yams, and Cocoyams

    Key Resource 01/04/1985 Root crops is a general term commonly used for a wide variety of food plants that have an underground storage organ known as a root, tuber (rhizome), corm, or bulb. Root crops are rich in starch, and low in protein and oil. They are excellent sources of calories. Some are consumed as major...
    Root Crops Sweet Potato Cassava Potatoes

  6. Cassava, new potential for a neglected crop

    In this book, James Cock brings together the latest information on improved strains, modern production systems, better processing methods, innovations in storage and marketing, and the prospects for using cassava to produce fuel alcohol. He also explores the cassava procution programs of several...
    Cassava