Cassava processing
Practical Action
P. O. Box LG 476
Legon, Accra
Ghana
Tel/Fax: (233)-21-500193
E-mail: ebenhagan@kiteonline.net
Develop technologies such as dyeing technologies, cassava harvesting and processing equipment
for starch production, including an integrated cassava processing plant.
GRATIS (Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service)
P.O. Box 15, Tema, Ghana
Tel: +233 (0) 22 14243
Fax: +233 (0) 22 16251
E-mail: gratis@ighmail.com
Website: http://www.gratisghana.com
GRATIS manage a network of Intermediate Technology Transfer Units (ITTU’s) promoting
appropriate technology around Ghana. Products developed include a cassava grater.
Agricultural Engineering Department
College of Engineering
KNUST – Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology
Kumasi
Ghana
Tel: +233 (0)51 60317
Fax: +233 (0)51 60317
E-mail: agriculturalengineering@knust.edu.gh
Website: http://www.knust.edu.gh/
CIAT Cassava Program
Apartado Aereo 6713
Cali
Colombia
Tel (57)-2-4450-000
Fax (57)-2-4450-273 USA
Fax (305) 592-4869
E-mail ciat-cassava@cgnet.com
EMBRAPA, Centro Nacional De Pesquisa De Mandioca E. Fruticultura, Rua Embrapa s/n, Caixa
Postal 007, Crus Das Almas, Bahia, Brazil, CEP: 44380-000
Tel: 55 (075) 721-2120
Fax: 55 (075) 721-1118
E-mail cnpmf@brfapesp.bitnet
E-mail: postmaster@cnpmft.embrapa.anba.br
Equipment and suppliers
Note: This is a selective list of suppliers and does not imply endorsement by Practical Action.
Foodnet - Post-harvest equipment listing
Equipment covering; transportation, harvesting, peeling, fermentation and dewatering, grating and
chipping, starch production, drying, storage and gari frying.
http://www.foodnet.cgiar.org/agro_ent/process/Process.htm
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Nigeria
Nsukka
Nigeria
Gari Frying Machine
The machine consists of a long trying trough and 16 spring loaded paddles. The paddles
move in one direction and press the mass against the hot surface of the trough.
Throughput: 66Kg gari/hr
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