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

dc.contributor.authorBouniol, A.
dc.contributor.authorCeballos, H.
dc.contributor.authorBello, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorTeeken, B.
dc.contributor.authorOlaosebikan, O.
dc.contributor.authorOwoade, D.
dc.contributor.authorAgbona, A.
dc.contributor.authorFotso Kuate, A.
dc.contributor.authorMadu, T.
dc.contributor.authorOkoye, B.
dc.contributor.authorOfoeze, M.
dc.contributor.authorNwafor, S.
dc.contributor.authorOnyemauwa, N.
dc.contributor.authorAdinsi, L.
dc.contributor.authorForsythe, L.
dc.contributor.authorDufour, D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-16T08:57:27Z
dc.date.available2024-08-16T08:57:27Z
dc.date.issued2024-06
dc.identifier.citationBouniol, A., Ceballos, H., Abolore, B., Teeken, B., Olaosebikan, D. O., Owoade, D., ... & Dufour, D. (2024). 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, 4498 - 4513.
dc.identifier.issn0022-5142
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8497
dc.description.abstractRoots, 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, 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. 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent4498 - 4513
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBreeding
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectVarieties
dc.subjectAdoption
dc.subjectTechnology Transfer
dc.subjectFoods
dc.subjectValue Chain
dc.subjectMarket Segmentation
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.titleVarietal impact on women's labour, workload and related drudgery in processing root, tuber and banana crops: focus on cassava in sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversite d' Abomey-Calavi
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Consultant, Spain
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeria
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwich
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest and Central Africa
cg.coverage.countryBenin (Dahomey)
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidBOUNIOL:2024
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectCrop Systems
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectFood Systems
cg.iitasubjectGender
cg.iitasubjectMarkets
cg.iitasubjectPost-Harvesting Technology
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectValue Chains
cg.journalJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
cg.notesPublished online: Nov. 15, 2023
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12936
cg.iitaauthor.identifierBello Abolore: 0000-0002-8871-6163
cg.iitaauthor.identifierBéla Teeken: 0000-0002-3150-1532
cg.iitaauthor.identifierOlamide Olaosebikan: 0000-0003-1470-1150
cg.iitaauthor.identifierFotso Kuate, A.: 0000-0002-5247-7519
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