NRI Cassava Programme
  • Prof Lateef Sanni of FUNAAB holding cassava roots on a smallholder’s farm. The farmer sells cassava to Allied and Atlantic Distillers Limited, in Eruwa, Oyo State, Nigeria. Photo: A Graffham

  • Operator loading milled cassava press-cake into a Nobex Industries twin cyclone flash dryer at MicMakin Limited (HQCF SME) in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Photo: A Graffham

  • Peeling cassava in eastern Uganda. Photo: L Forsythe

  • High-quality cassava flour in Uganda. Photo: L Forsythe

  • Professor Andrew Westby, Director of NRI, and Professor Lateef Sanni, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, discuss high-quality cassava flour processing with a factory owner in Nigeria. Photo: A Westby

  • A woman preparing ‘bagia’, a fried snack made with high-quality cassava flour in Uganda. Photo: L Forsythe

  • Dr Sharon Van Brunschot and Mr Joachim Nwezeobi checking tissue-cultured cassava plants at NRI, University of Greenwich Medway Campus. Photo: University of Greenwich

  • A colony of African cassava whitefly maintained at NRI to enable research to be carried out into the reasons behind the superabundant populations currently spreading diseases and causing significant cassava yield losses in East and Central Africa. Photo: J Colvin

  • Professor John Colvin and Ms Cathy Gwandu, a PhD student funded by the African Cassava Whitefly Project, collecting whitefly specimens in a cassava field in central Malawi. Photo: S Seal

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BROUGH, SH; NEALE, RJ; NORTON, G; RICKARD, J (1990) Characterization Of The Dietary Fiber Of Cassava, Dietary Fibre : Chemical And Biological Aspects, 83, 133, 135

D.H. Machin, S. Panigrahi, Juliet Bainton, T.R. Morris (1990) Performance of broiler chicks fed on low and high oil fish silages in relation to changes taking place in lipid and protein, Animal Feed Science and Technologycomponents, 28, 199, 223

Fargette, D; Fauquet, C; Grenier, E; Thresh, Jm (1990) The Spread Of African Cassava Mosaic-Virus Into And Within Cassava Fields, Journal Of Phytopathology-Phytopathologische Zeitschrift, 130, 289, 302

VASCONCELOS, AT; TWIDDY, DR; WESTBY, A; REILLY, PJA (1990) Detoxification of Cassava during Gari Preparation, International Journal of Food Science And Technology, 25, 198, 203

ASAOKA, M; BLANSHARD, JMV; RICKARD, JE (1991) Seasonal Effects on The Physicochemical Properties Of Starch From 4 Cultivars Of Cassava, Starch-Starke, 43, 455, 459

OBRIEN, GM; TAYLOR, AJ; POULTER, NH (1991) Improved Enzymatic Assay for Cyanogens in Fresh and Processed Cassava, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 56, 277, 289

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THRESH, JM (1991) The Ecology Of Tropical Plant-Viruses, Plant Pathology, 40, 324, 339

ASAOKA, M; BLANSHARD, JMV; RICKARD, JE (1992) Effects Of Cultivar And Growth Season On The Gelatinization Properties Of Cassava (Manihot-Esculenta) Starch, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 59, 53, 58

Banea, Mayambu; Poulter, Nigel H.; Rosling, Hans (1992) Shortcuts in cassava processing and risk of dietary cyanide exposure in Zaire, Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 14, 137, 143

BURBAN, C; FISHPOOL, LDC; FAUQUET, C; FARGETTE, D; THOUVENEL, JC (1992) Host-Associated Biotypes Within West African Populations Of The Whitefly Bemisia-Tabaci (Genn), (Hom, Aleyrodidae), Journal Of Applied Entomology-Zeitschrift Fur Angewandte Entomologie, 113, 416, 423

MLINGI, N; POULTER, NH; ROSLING, H (1992) An Outbreak Of Acute Intoxications From Consumption Of Insufficiently Processed Cassava In Tanzania, Nutrition Research, 12, 677, 687

OBRIEN, GM; MBOME, L; TAYLOR, AJ; POULTER, NH (1992) Variations In Cyanogen Content Of Cassava During Village Processing In Cameroon, Food Chemistry, 44, 131, 136

PANIGRAHI, S; RICKARD, J; OBRIEN, GM; GAY, C (1992) Effects Of Different Rates Of Drying Cassava Root On Its Toxicity To Broiler Chicks, British Poultry Science, 33, 1025, 1042

THORNE, PJ (1992) Alternatives To Imported Compound Feeds For Growing Pigs In Solomon-Islands, Tropical Agriculture, 69, 141, 144

Tylleskar, T; Banea, M; Bikangi, N; Cooke, Rd; Poulter, Nh; Rosling, H (1992) Cassava Cyanogens And Konzo, An Upper Motoneuron Disease Found In Africa, Lancet, 339, 208, 211

WESTBY, A; TWIDDY, DR (1992) Characterization of Gari and Fu-Fu Preparation Procedures in Nigeria, World Journal Of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 8, 175, 182

ASAOKA, M; BLANSHARD, JMV; RICKARD, JE (1993) The Effect of Preharvest Pruning On The Quality Of Cassava Starch, Annals of Applied Biology, 122, 337, 344

GIDAMIS, AB; OBRIEN, GM; POULTER, NH (1993) Cassava Detoxification of Traditional Tanzanian Cassava Foods, International Journal of Food Science And Technology, 28, 211, 218

Bainbridge, Z., Wellings, K., Poulter, N.i.g.e.l. .H. and Mlingi, N. .L.V. (1994) Introducing Improved Cassava Processing Technologies in Southern Tanzania, Acta Hort, 375, 393, 400

BLANSHARD, AFJ; DAHNIYA, MT; POULTER, NH; TAYLOR, AJ (1994) Fermentation of Cassava into Foofoo - Effect of Time and Temperature on Processing and Storage Quality, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 66, 485, 492

BLANSHARD, AFJ; DAHNIYA, MT; POULTER, NH; TAYLOR, AJ (1994) Quality of Cassava Foods in Sierra-Leone, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 64, 425, 432

Coyne D. (1994) Nematode pests of cassava , African Crop Science Journal, 2, 355, 359

Fargette, D; Jeger, M; Fauquet, C; Fishpool, Ldc (1994) Analysis Of Temporal Disease Progress Of African Cassava Mosaic-Virus, Phytopathology, 84, 91, 98

FARGETTE, D; THRESH, JM (1994) The Ecology Of African Cassava Mosaic Geminivirus, Ecology Of Plant Pathogens, 269, 282

Gibson RW, (1994) Long-term absence of symptoms in heat-treated African cassava mosaic geminivirus-infected resistant cassava plants, Tropical Science, 34, 154, 158

JONES, DM; TRIM, DS; BAINBRIDGE, ZA; FRENCH, L (1994) Influence Of Selected Process Variables On The Elimination Of Cyanide From Cassava, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 66, 535, 542

O'Brien, Gerard M.; Wheatley, Christopher C.; Iglesias, Carlos; Poulter, Nigel H. (1994) Evaluation, modification and comparison of two rapid assays for cyanogens in cassava, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 65, 391, 399

OBRIEN, GM; WHEATLEY, CC; IGLESIAS, C; POULTER, NH (1994) Evaluation, Modification And Comparison Of 2 Rapid Assays For Cyanogens In Cassava, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 65, 391, 399

PADMAJA, G; GEORGE, M; MOORTHY, SN; BAINBRIDGE, Z; PLUMB, V; WOOD, JF; POWELL, CJ (1994) Nutritional-Evaluation Of The Starchy Flour Obtained From Cassava Tubers On Fermentation With A Mixed-Culture Inoculum, Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry, 42, 766, 770

Westby, A. and Choo, B. (1994) Cyanogen Reduction during Lactic Fermentation of Cassava, Acta Hort, 375, 209, 216