Cassava processing
Practical Action
In the early 70s, an engineer at the ITDG (now Practical Action) workshop in Zaria,
Nigeria developed a cassava grater made from steel tubing, spare bicycle parts,
hacksaw blades and sheet metal. Cassava is fed in the hopper and a vertical disc
with grating slits fixed to a frame is rotated by pedal power. Details available from
Practical Action.
Links
Championing the Cause of Cassava -FAO
IITA – Cassava
Visual Training manual – Gari Production from Cassava
IMDP Project Manager
Rose Clarkson
John Muir Building, Kings Buildings,
University of Edinburgh,
Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JK
Scotland, UK
Fax: + 44(131) 650 7214
Email: enquiries@imdp.org.uk
Organisations
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture - IITA
c/o Lambourn (UK) Limited,
Carolyn House 26 Dingwall Rd., Croydon, CR9 3EE, United Kingdom
Tel: (44) 020 8686 9031
Fax: (44) 020 8681 8583
E-mail: IITA@cgiar.org
Website: www.iita.org/
ICP – Nigeria
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Ibadan office: PMB 5320 Oyo road Ibadan, Oyo State
Onne office:PMB 008, Nchia, Eleme, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Tel: (234 2) 241 2626 Ext 2328
Fax: (234 2) 241 2221
Email: iita-icp@cgiar.org
The Integrated cassava project website http://www.cassavabiz.org/
IITA’s mission is to enhance the food security, income, and well-being of resource-poor people in
sub-Saharan Africa through research and related activities to increase agricultural production.
Research focuses on smallholder cropping and postharvest systems and on the following food
crops: cassava, cowpea, maize, plantain and banana, soybean, and yam.
Natural Resources Institute - NRI
University of Greenwich
Central Avenue
Chatham Maritime
Kent, ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.nri.org/cassava-smes/
CASSAVA-SMEs is a project with the overall aim to develop selected cassava based foods through
the manufacture of high quality products.
Technology Consultancy Centre - TCC
University of Science and Technology
Kumasi
Ghana
Tel: +233 51 60297
Fax: +233 51 60137
Institute of Industrial Research
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