Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria
This study was designed and carried out to ascertain the situation and perceptions of end users of cassava flash drying equipment in Nigeria with the aim of giving suggestions to policies and approaches for improved technology. Forty-one processing firms were selected and interviewed. Descriptive an...
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| author | Ojide, M. Adegbite, S.A. Tran, T. Taborda, L.A. Chapuis, Arnaud Lukombo, S. Totin, E. Sartas, Murat Schut, Marc López Lavalle, L.A. Dufour, D. Abass, A. |
| author_browse | Abass, A. Adegbite, S.A. Chapuis, Arnaud Dufour, D. Lukombo, S. López Lavalle, L.A. Ojide, M. Sartas, Murat Schut, Marc Taborda, L.A. Totin, E. Tran, T. |
| author_facet | Ojide, M. Adegbite, S.A. Tran, T. Taborda, L.A. Chapuis, Arnaud Lukombo, S. Totin, E. Sartas, Murat Schut, Marc López Lavalle, L.A. Dufour, D. Abass, A. |
| author_sort | Ojide, M. |
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| description | This study was designed and carried out to ascertain the situation and perceptions of end users of cassava flash drying equipment in Nigeria with the aim of giving suggestions to policies and approaches for improved technology. Forty-one processing firms were selected and interviewed. Descriptive analyses were used and a logistic regression model was estimated. The results revealed that 49% of the firms stopped using their flash dryers due to the low demand for high-quality cassava flour (HQCF) resulting from the high cost of processing occasioned by an inefficient heat-generating component. The estimated model provides evidence that cost effectiveness (p < 0.05) and energy cost (p < 0.10) are the two major determinants of the continuous usage of flash dryers in the study area. Forty-one percent of the firms indicated willingness to pay for any technical adjustment of their flash dryers, supposing such adjustment would improve on drying and the energy efficiency of the equipment up to 40%. The study recommends that machine fabricators in Nigeria and other African countries should be trained on the production of energy- and cost-efficient small-scale flash dryers. Again, the
design and commercialization of flash dryers that can be mounted on mobile trucks for farm-gate processing should be encouraged to facilitate farm-gate processing, thereby reducing postharvest losses resulting from transporting perishable and bulky roots over a long distance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1263502025-12-08T10:29:22Z Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria Ojide, M. Adegbite, S.A. Tran, T. Taborda, L.A. Chapuis, Arnaud Lukombo, S. Totin, E. Sartas, Murat Schut, Marc López Lavalle, L.A. Dufour, D. Abass, A. cassava flours policies economics markets harvesting farmers energy postharvest losses technology This study was designed and carried out to ascertain the situation and perceptions of end users of cassava flash drying equipment in Nigeria with the aim of giving suggestions to policies and approaches for improved technology. Forty-one processing firms were selected and interviewed. Descriptive analyses were used and a logistic regression model was estimated. The results revealed that 49% of the firms stopped using their flash dryers due to the low demand for high-quality cassava flour (HQCF) resulting from the high cost of processing occasioned by an inefficient heat-generating component. The estimated model provides evidence that cost effectiveness (p < 0.05) and energy cost (p < 0.10) are the two major determinants of the continuous usage of flash dryers in the study area. Forty-one percent of the firms indicated willingness to pay for any technical adjustment of their flash dryers, supposing such adjustment would improve on drying and the energy efficiency of the equipment up to 40%. The study recommends that machine fabricators in Nigeria and other African countries should be trained on the production of energy- and cost-efficient small-scale flash dryers. Again, the design and commercialization of flash dryers that can be mounted on mobile trucks for farm-gate processing should be encouraged to facilitate farm-gate processing, thereby reducing postharvest losses resulting from transporting perishable and bulky roots over a long distance. 2022-02 2022-12-28T08:38:20Z 2022-12-28T08:38:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126350 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Ojide, M., Adegbite, S.A., Tran, T., Taborda, L.A., Chapuis, A., Lukombo, S., ... & Abass, A. (2022). Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 771639: 1-15. |
| spellingShingle | cassava flours policies economics markets harvesting farmers energy postharvest losses technology Ojide, M. Adegbite, S.A. Tran, T. Taborda, L.A. Chapuis, Arnaud Lukombo, S. Totin, E. Sartas, Murat Schut, Marc López Lavalle, L.A. Dufour, D. Abass, A. Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria |
| title | Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria |
| title_full | Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria |
| title_short | Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria |
| title_sort | processors experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava derived products in nigeria |
| topic | cassava flours policies economics markets harvesting farmers energy postharvest losses technology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126350 |
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