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Regional Cassava Processing and Marketing Initiative


FIRST REGIONAL MEETING OF IFAD ROOTS & TUBERS PROJECTS
14-16 November 2007
Hotel Somatel - Douala, Cameroon
Cassava processing and marketing

ROOT AND TUBER IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMME - GHANA
CASSAVA PROCESSING IN GHANA
PRESENTED AT
FIRST ANNUAL IFAD-FUNDED R&T PROJECTS MEETING IN
DOUALA
FROM
NOVEMBER 14 – 16, 2007
BY
VINCENT CYRIL AKOTO (PPS)
Cassava processing and marketing

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
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INTRODUCTION
MAIN ACTIVITIES IN PROCESSING
HOW ACTIVITIES WERE IMPLEMENTED
LESSONS LEARNT
MAIN SHORTCOMINGS ENCOUNTED DURING
IMPLEMENTATION
MAIN CHALLENGES AND ACTIONS PLANNED TO TACKLE
THEM
SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIVATE
SECTOR ACTORS
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Scale of cassava processing in Ghana
 Small-scale informal sector processors
• Manually operated simple equipment
• Producing mainly Agbelima, Gari, Kokonte,
 Semi-industrial/industrial processors
• Motorised machines (petrol, diesel or electric)
• Using both cassava and processed products (cassava grit) to
produce: gari, fufu, agbelima, high quality cassava flour (HQCF)
and kokonte.
 Equipment for cassava processing
– Pealing knife, washing basins, grating machines, fermentation racks,
bagging stand, presses, roasting pans, dryers (HQCF).
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MAIN ACTIVITIES / RTIP
RTIP Task:
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Improving access of resource-poor farmers, farmer groups and rural
communities, including women, to improved post-production
technologies.
How? Through:
 Identification
and
sourcing
of
improved
post-production
technologies;
 Training of manufacturing companies on new technologies;
 Demonstration of new technologies to processing enterprises;
 Manufacturing the new technologies for processing enterprises;
 Training stakeholders on new processing technologies.
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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS - RTIP
 Training on the production and utilization of cassava flour :
• Trained 25 persons drawn from the MoA, KNUST, the Polytechnics,
Bakers’ Associations, Caterers, and NGOs;
 Training in utilization of cassava flour in 67 districts:
• Trained a total of 2,600 cassava processors, pastry makers and bakers
(97% women);
 Recipe trials and organoleptic assessment of 8 cassava recipes:
• Collated recipes from IITA, FAO and the Home Science Dept of the
University of Ghana
• Conducted assessments at the CSIR-FRI on the suitability and
acceptability of the recipes, so as to adapt or standardize them where
necessary.
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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS - RTIP
 60 improved gari roasting stoves constructed:
• for processing groups in 12 communities in 4 regions to serve as
demonstration/test models for dissemination of technology;
 Groups sensitized on food safety, hygiene, and quality:
• 389 processing groups and 24 marketing groups (1,945 women and 402 men
in total);
 Extension staff trained in the construction of the improved stoves
• 25 Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) in 3 Districts trained
 As a result, processing technology improved:
• Considerable research attention on cassava processing
• Upgraded traditional processing technology for: gari, agbelima & kokonte.
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IMPACT OF ACTIVITIES / RTIP
• Awareness raised: Cassava not only a food crop, but
also as a cash crop;
• Introduced the use of HQCF in the bakery industry;
• Made available a broader range of more productive R&T
processing equipments that can now be manufactured
and/or repaired locally;
• Disseminated scientific information/literature and
generated, locally and elsewhere, technologies that can
now be used to improve the processing and utilization
of cassava roots.
NOTE
Little impact made on RTIMP activities.
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MAIN ACTIVITIES / RTIMP
• TWO MAIN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PROCESSING
Transfer of relevant Root and Tuber processing
technologies;
Setting up of 15 Good Practices Centres (GPCs) to
serve as learning/ demonstration centres.
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IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES RTIMP
Engagement of consultants to:
– Conduct technology and equipment needs assessments for
standardisation of processing equipment and identification of
gaps in equipment needs;
– Collate and identify gaps in product standardisation for all R & T
products;
– Create a data base on all processing enterprises in the country.
Collaboration with TSPs/Ips (e.g. GRATIS F.) to:
- Select enterprises to be upgraded to GPCs
(GRATIS is an organisation spearheading the production
and promotion of processing technologies in Ghana).
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ACHIEVEMENTS - RTIMP
• Improved procurement procedures to engage Consultants;
• 4 processing enterprises selected for upgrading (out of 17
visited);
• Detailed structural and equipment assessments carried out
on the four selected processing sites;
• GRATIS given the green light to proceed with the
upgrading of the 4 selected enterprises.
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Main challenges waiting ahead and actions
planned by RTIMP to tackle them
 Flour demand far outstrips supply (this also despite the
fact that training covered both the production and
utilization of the flour).
 Remedy: RTIMP to promote commodity linkage
activities
 Targeted beneficiary groups in most cases did not have
the basic resources to meet their obligations in
acquisition of technologies.
 Remedy: RTIMP introduced Micro Enterprise Fund
(MEF)
 Gari roasting still poses a health risk to processors even
though improved stoves which incorporated chimneys
had been developed locally, thus substantially reducing
smoke inhalation by processors.
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and marketing
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Remedy:
More research works to improve on the
SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIVATE
SECTOR ACTORS
 Role of TSPs and IPs: Provide technical support in
technologies.
 Support to be provided by RTIMP: Resources will
be provided to TSPs and IPs to carry out their research
works on new technologies.
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 Role of MANUFACTURERS: Manufacturing and
replication of prototypes and repair & maintenance.
 Support to be provide by RTIMP: RTIMP will
source for and propose new technologies and train
manufacturers in manufacturing them.
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SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIVATE
SECTOR ACTORS
 Role of the remaining ENTREPRENEURS:
– Promotion of Technologies:
labelling, marketing, etc;
– Provision of learning centres.
Processing,
packaging,
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 Support to be provide by RTIMP: Introduce good
entrepreneurial practices during the implementation of
RTIMP.
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MERCI, THANK YOU
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