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Reducing cassava FLW and associated GHG emissions through mobile processing units

Cassava, is a hotspot crop in terms of FLW volume in Sub Sahara Africa. This is related to high perishability of the crop and poor infrastructure connections between farming areas and processing locations. This study analyses the effects of mobile processing unit (travelling between production regio...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
Subjects:
cassava
production
processing
infrastructure
farming
africa
reduction
effects
scale
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121391
Summary:Cassava, is a hotspot crop in terms of FLW volume in Sub Sahara Africa. This is related to high perishability of the crop and poor infrastructure connections between farming areas and processing locations. This study analyses the effects of mobile processing unit (travelling between production regions) the converts the perishable root in a more stable product. Result: large reduction of FLW and, despite being less energetically efficient than a large scale central factory, net reduction of GHG per kg end-product.

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