Quality of gari from selected processing zones in Ghana

Food Control

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-303

  Oduro, I ^a   Ellis, W O ^a   Dziedzoave, N T ^b   Nimako Yeboah, K ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Food Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cassava; Gari quality; Variety

Indexed keywords

GARI; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0034238789     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-7135(99)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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