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Institution/Author: RIVIER, M.; MORENO, M.A.; ALARCON, F.; RUIZ, R.; DUFOUR, D.
Publisher: CIAT
Year: 2001
Language: English-Spanish-French
Price: US$45
Price Colombia (in pesos): $40000
Scientific Contact: Proyecto de Desarrollo de Agroempresas Rurales
Distribution Contact: CIAT Library
[Cassava Sour Starch in Colombia, volume II: Processing Plant, and Equipment Description and Plans] The production of cassava sour starch on a small scale has become a traditional option that today adds value to cassava. The demand for information on the production of this starch and the need to transfer the technology for initiating such production, as manifested in the countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia, justified the development of a project between CIRAD and CIAT. This research also received cooperation from the Universidad del Valle, the Corporacion Universitaria Autonoma de Occidente, and two NGOs (CETEC and COAPRACAUCA), all in Colombia. The study has also attracted the attention of EPN, FACE, FUNDAGRO, and UATAPPY of Ecuador, and the collaboration of CERAT-UNESP of Brazil. One result of this study was the publication of this two-volume work. Volume 1, printed in 1998, described the technological and economic context in which cassava sour starch is obtained in Cauca, Colombia. Volume 2, presented here, describes a model production unit, whose maximum processing capacity is 625 kg of fresh roots per hour. Principal aspects include civil engineering, flow diagram, distribution within the plant, conditioning of equipment, motor power, characteristics of materials, and treatment of effluents. Because of its technical and practical nature, this publication is expected to disseminate results of 10 years' work, in which participated entrepreneurial producers of cassava starch in Cauca, educational and research institutions, and development entities. Such dissemination of knowledge will contribute to the transfer of such technology and its adoption by processing units (rallanderias) of cassava starch already in operation or likely to be installed on three continents. 251 p.
Keywords: Manihot esculenta; Cassava; Starch industry; Industrial equipment; Tapioca; Starch; Sieving; Decanting; Fermentation; Drying; Markets; Agroindustrial complexes; Colombia
ISBN:958-694-036-5
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