Drivers of consumer acceptability of cassava gari-eba food products across cultural and environmental settings using the triadic comparison of technologies approach (tricot)

Olaosebikan Deborah Olamide, Bello Abolore, De Sousa Kauê, Ndjouenkeu Robert, Adesokan Michael, Alamu Emmanuel, Agbona Afolabi, Van Etten Jacob, Kegah Franklin Ngoualem, Dufour Dominique, Bouniol Alexandre, Teeken Béla. 2024. Drivers of consumer acceptability of cassava gari-eba food products across cultural and environmental settings using the triadic comparison of technologies approach (tricot). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 104 (8), n.spéc. Tropical roots, tubers and bananas: New breeding tools and methods to meet consumer preferences : 4770-4781.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12867

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Résumé : BACKGROUND: Nigeria and Cameroon are multi-ethnic countries with diverse preferences for food characteristics. The present study aimed to inform cassava breeders on consumer-prioritized eba quality traits. Consumer testing was carried out using the triadic comparison of technologies (tricot). Diverse consumers in villages, towns and cities evaluated the overall acceptability of eba made from different cassava genotypes. Data from both countries were combined and linked to laboratory analyses of eba and the gari used to make it. RESULTS: There is a strong preference for eba with higher cohesiveness and eba from gari with higher brightness and especially in Cameroon, with lower redness and yellowness. Relatively higher eba hardness and springiness values are preferred in the Nigerian locations, whereas lower values are preferred in Cameroon. Trends for solubility and swelling power of the gari differ between the two countries. The study also reveals that the older improved cassava genotype TMS30572 is a benchmark genotype with superior eba characteristics across different regions in Nigeria, whereas the recently released variety Game changer performs very well in Cameroon. In both locations, the recently released genotypes Obansanjo-2 and improved variety TM14F1278P0003 have good stability and overall acceptability for eba characteristics. CONCLUSION: The wide acceptance of a single genotype across diverse geographical and cultural conditions in Nigeria, as well as three acceptable new improved varieties in both locations, indicates that consumers' preferences are surprisingly homogeneous for eba. This would enhance breeding efforts to develop varieties with wider acceptability and expand potential target areas for released varieties.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : comportement du consommateur, manioc, préférence alimentaire, garri, qualité des aliments, technologie alimentaire, acceptabilité, génotype, propriété organoleptique, variété, enquête auprès des consommateurs

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Cameroun, Nigéria

Mots-clés libres : Consumer testing, G × E × society interactions, Tricot, Breeding, Varietal adoption, Cassava, Gari-Eba

Classification Agris : S01 - Nutrition humaine - Considérations générales
Q01 - Sciences et technologies alimentaires - Considérations générales
Q04 - Composition des produits alimentaires

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 3 (2019-) - Systèmes alimentaires

Agences de financement hors UE : Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Department for International Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Breeding RTB Products for End User Preferences, (USA) NextGen Cassava

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