Sweet Potato Processing and Utilization Efforts in Kenya

SWEET POTATO PROCESSING AND UTILIZATION EFFORTS IN KENYA 

In Kenya, East Africa, sweet potato is an important secondary and food security crop when maize supply is low and in times of drought (Gakonyo, 1993b Mutuura et al., 1992). For example, Mutuura et al. (1992) reported 

In Kenya, SPF was consumed in large quantities in the 1950s when some families used the flour to make porridge mixed with sorghum of finger millet 

This chapter is, in part, an output from the sweet potato research work experiences of the author at Center for Food and Environmental Systems for Human Exploration of Space (CFESH), Tuskegee University funded by NASA therefore, the author also wishes to acknowledge NASA, the team members of the Food Processing and Product Development Team in particular, and the rest of the CFESH team. 

Alumira, J.D. and Obara, C.M. 1997. Post-Harvest Consumption Analysis of Sweetpotato in Kenya—Survey. (http //www.fao.orgAVairdocs/X5420E/x5420e0f.htm) 

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IX. Sweet Potato Processing and Utilization Efforts in Kenya... 

IX. SWEET POTATO PROCESSING AND UTILIZATION EFFORTS IN KENYA... 

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