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dc.contributor.authorTshiunza, M.
dc.contributor.authorLemchi, J.
dc.contributor.authorOnyeka, U.
dc.contributor.authorTenkouano, A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:21:23Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:21:23Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationTshiunza, M., Lemchi, J., Onyeka, U. & Tenkouano, A. (2001). Cooking banana consumption patterns in the plantain-growing area in southeastern Nigeria. Tropicultura, 19(3), 131-134.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3764
dc.description.abstractCooking bananas (Musa spp., ABB genome) were intro-duced into Southeastern Nigeria by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in the mid-1980s as an interim measure to reduce the incidence of black sigatoka disease (caused by the fungus Mycosphaerel-la fijiensis Morelet) on plantain. However, the people of this region were not familiar with their utilisation methods. To address this lack of the knowledge and thereby sustain cooking banana cultivation, IITA, in collaboration with the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and the Nigeria Agip OU Company (NAOC) commenced a training campaign on cooking banana processing methods. This study examined the patterns of utilisation of cooking bananas ten years after the training took place and compared them with plantain. About 95 % of the households interviewed are consuming cooking banana, indicating a broad acceptance of the crop in the region. Overall, two ripening stages termed green and ripe are the most popular ripening stages for the consumption of both plantain and cooking banana, followed by partially ripe maturity stage. The most common forms of consumption for green plantain are, in decreasing order of importance, pottage, boiled, roasted, and fried. Green cooking banana is also mostly eaten in pottage and boiled forms, and less frequently in fried and pounded forms. Ripe plantain is mostly eaten in fried and pottage forms, while ripe cooking banana is mostly eaten in fried and raw forms. Partially ripe plantain is mostly eaten in pottage, fried, boiled, and roasted forms, while partially ripe cooking banana is eaten in fried, pottage and boiled forms. These results indicate that the consumption patterns of plantain and cooking banana are very similar. This similarity has greatly contributed to the rapid integration of cooking banana within the existing plantain consumption and cropping systems.
dc.description.abstractLes bananes a cuire (Musa spp., genome ABB) ont ete introduites au Nigeria par I’insitut International d’Agriculture Tropicale (IITA) au milieu des annees 1980 comme mesure transitoire pour reduire I’incidence de la cercosporiose noire (cause par le champignon Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet) sur le bananier plantain; mais il s’avera que les paysans ne savaient pas comment la consommer.
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.isofr
dc.subjectCooking Bananas
dc.subjectPlantains
dc.subjectConsumption Patterns
dc.subjectBananes De Cuisson
dc.subjectPlantaines
dc.subjectModèles De Consommation
dc.titleCooking Banana consumption patterns in the Plantaingrowing area of Southeastern Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationFederal University of Agriculture, Nigeria
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectHandling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectPlantain
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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