ABSTRACT
Traditionally, agricultural research
and development efforts have focused on export crops and the major cereals.
Relatively little attention has been paid to roots and tubers. Recently the
under exploited potential roots crops have become more widely recognized. Roots
and tubers are productive food crops and they may also be used in manufacturing
and livestock feeding. Growing awareness of the value, both actual and
potential, of root crops is reflected in recent study of priorities for
international agricultural 'I, research. Gari is a dehydrated food and product
from cassava. It is a staple food that provides carbohydrate or energy for more
than 500miUion people in the tropics. It has always been a cheep source of
carbohydrate for humans. It average moisture content is 8-10% with industrial
processing and 12 — l4% with traditional processing and so can be stored for
several months. I accounts for about 70% of the entire cassava consumed in
Nigeria (Adegeye, 1988), 1 Food marketing which is the link (bridge) between
specialized food production and consumption is concerned with all stages of
operation which aid the movement of foodstuffs from the farm to the final
consumer, 4 and these includes, assemblage of produce, storage, transportation
processing, grading and financing of all these activities.
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