Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara

The impact of the integrated project for cassava production, utilization, and commercialization in Ceara, Brazil, is assessed. Improved technology was developed in an attempt to reduce the high fluctuations in farinha prices. An alternative market for cassava was sought in the production of dried ca...

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Main Author: International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1991
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55079
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description The impact of the integrated project for cassava production, utilization, and commercialization in Ceara, Brazil, is assessed. Improved technology was developed in an attempt to reduce the high fluctuations in farinha prices. An alternative market for cassava was sought in the production of dried cassava chips. An agroindustrial model, based on small groups, was adopted, resulting in the establishment of 49 plants, with 11 more in process. Technical assistance will be provided to overcome the limitations posed by the low adoption of improved technology and the poor quality of planting material. Economic benefits have been felt by individual farmers as well as by farmer groups where earnings are distributed among members, used as working capital and as a source of credit for cassava producing members; new sources of employment have also opened up. Chip production, however, reduces employment opportunities for women involved in farinha production. Main beneficiaries of these drying projects are small farmers with 1-2 ha. Key factors in the project`s success have been interinstitutional coordination and training. (CIAT)
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spelling CGSpace550792024-01-09T09:49:17Z Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara International Center for Tropical Agriculture manihot esculenta development projects cassava chips drying innovation adoption cassava products dried roots processed products processing starch crops proyectos de desarrollo trozos de yuca secamiento adopción de innovaciones The impact of the integrated project for cassava production, utilization, and commercialization in Ceara, Brazil, is assessed. Improved technology was developed in an attempt to reduce the high fluctuations in farinha prices. An alternative market for cassava was sought in the production of dried cassava chips. An agroindustrial model, based on small groups, was adopted, resulting in the establishment of 49 plants, with 11 more in process. Technical assistance will be provided to overcome the limitations posed by the low adoption of improved technology and the poor quality of planting material. Economic benefits have been felt by individual farmers as well as by farmer groups where earnings are distributed among members, used as working capital and as a source of credit for cassava producing members; new sources of employment have also opened up. Chip production, however, reduces employment opportunities for women involved in farinha production. Main beneficiaries of these drying projects are small farmers with 1-2 ha. Key factors in the project`s success have been interinstitutional coordination and training. (CIAT) 1991 2015-01-28T14:17:23Z 2015-01-28T14:17:23Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55079 en Open Access International Center for Tropical Agriculture Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara. 1991. In: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Informe CIAT 1991: Actividades sobresalientes en 1990 y principios de 1991. CIAT, Cali, CO. p. 118-127.
spellingShingle manihot esculenta
development projects
cassava chips
drying
innovation adoption
cassava products
dried roots
processed products
processing
starch crops
proyectos de desarrollo
trozos de yuca
secamiento
adopción de innovaciones
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara
title Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara
title_full Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara
title_fullStr Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara
title_full_unstemmed Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara
title_short Desarrollo integrado de yuca: Nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de Ceara
title_sort desarrollo integrado de yuca nuevas perspectivas para agricultores de ceara
topic manihot esculenta
development projects
cassava chips
drying
innovation adoption
cassava products
dried roots
processed products
processing
starch crops
proyectos de desarrollo
trozos de yuca
secamiento
adopción de innovaciones
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