Varietal impact on women's labour, workload and related drudgery in processing root, tuber and banana crops: focus on cassava in sub-Saharan Africa

Bouniol Alexandre, Ceballos Hernan, Bello Abolore, Teeken Béla, Olaosebikan Deborah Olamide, Owoade Durodola, Afolabi Agbona, Fotso Kuate Apollin, Madu Tessy, Okoye Benjamin, Ofoeze Miriam, Nwafor Solomon, Onyemauwa Nnaemeka, Adinsi Laurent, Forsythe Lora, Dufour Dominique. 2023. Varietal impact on women's labour, workload and related drudgery in processing root, tuber and banana crops: focus on cassava in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 16 p.

Résumé : Roots, tubers and cooking bananas are bulky and highly perishable. In Africa, except for yams, their consumption is mainly after transport, peeling and cooking in the form of boiled pieces or dough, a few days after harvest. To stabilize and better preserve the products and, in the case of cassava, release toxic cyanogenic glucosides, a range of intermediate products have been developed, mainly for cassava, related to fermentation and drying after numerous processing operations. This review highlights, for the first time, the impact of genotypes on labour requirements, productivity and the associated drudgery in processing operations primarily carried out by women processors. Peeling, soaking/grinding/fermentation, dewatering, sieving and toasting steps were evaluated on a wide range of new hybrids and traditional landraces. The review highlights case studies of gari production from cassava. The results show that, depending on the genotypes used, women's required labour can be more than doubled and even the sum of the weights transported along the process can be up to four times higher for the same quantity of end product. Productivity and loads carried between each processing operation are highly influenced by root shape, ease of peeling, dry matter content and/or fiber content. Productivity and the often related experienced drudgery are key factors to be considered for a better acceptance of new genotypes by actors in the value-addition chain, leading to enhanced adoption and ultimately to improved livelihoods for women processors. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : manioc, banane plantain, igname, garri, technologie après récolte, génotype, comportement du consommateur, préférence alimentaire, qualité des aliments, propriété organoleptique, pelure, technologie alimentaire

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Afrique au sud du Sahara, Bénin, Cameroun

Mots-clés libres : Breeding pipeline, Gender, Varietal adoption, Technological characteristics, Food product profile, End-product productivity, Value chain, Market segment

Classification Agris : Q02 - Traitement et conservation des produits alimentaires
E80 - Économie familiale et artisanale

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, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Breeding RTB Products for End User Preferences, (GBR) Next Generation Cassava Breeding

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bouniol Alexandre, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Qualisud (CIV) ORCID: 0000-0002-6140-424X - auteur correspondant
• Ceballos Hernan
• Bello Abolore, IITA (NGA)
• Teeken Béla, IITA (NGA)
• Olaosebikan Deborah Olamide, IITA (NGA)
• Owoade Durodola, IITA (NGA)
• Afolabi Agbona, IITA (NGA)
• Fotso Kuate Apollin, IITA (CMR)
• Madu Tessy, NRCRI (NGA)
• Okoye Benjamin, NRCRI (NGA)
• Ofoeze Miriam, NRCRI (NGA)
• Nwafor Solomon, NRCRI (NGA)
• Onyemauwa Nnaemeka, NRCRI (NGA)
• Adinsi Laurent, UAC (BEN)
• Forsythe Lora, NRI (GBR)
• Dufour Dominique, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Qualisud (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-7794-8671

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