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2 International Scientific Meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (6, 2004, Cali, Colombia). Abstacts. Cali, CO: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) p. 208 Descriptores AGROVOC: 1. Biotecnología vegetal. 2. Redes de investigación. 3. Subproductos. 4. Mercadeo. 5. Análisis de costos y beneficios. 6. Recursos genéticos vegetales. 7. Fitomejoramiento. 8. Variación genética. 9. Resistencia genética. 10. Conservación del germoplasma. 11. Cultivos alimenticios. 12. Estrés. 13. Tecnología postcosecha. 14. Tapioca. 15. Cultivo de tejidos. 16. Transformación genética. 17. Marcadores genéticos. 18. Transferencia de tecnología. 19. Países en desarrollo. 20. Africa. 21. Asia. 22. Colombia. 23. América Latina. Descriptores Locales 1. Agrobiodiversidad. 2. Investigación participativa. 3. Técnicas moleculares. Categoría de Materia AGRIS:F30 Genética vegetal y Fitomejoramiento. A50 Investigación Agrícola AGROVOC Descriptors: 1. Plant biotechnology. 2. Research networks. 3. Byproducts. 4. Marketing. 5. Cost benefit analysis. 6. Plant genetic resources. 7. Plant breeding. 8. Genetic variation. 9. Genetic resistance. 10. Germplasm conservation. 11. Food crops. 12. Stress. 13. Postharvest technology. 14. Tapioca. 15. Tissue culture. 16. Genetic transformation. 17. Genetic markers. 18. Technology transfer. 19. Developing countries. 20. Africa. 21. Asia. 22. Colombia. 23. Latin America. Local Descriptors 1. Agrobiodiversity. 2. Participatory research. 3. Molecular techniques. AGRIS Subject Categories: F30 Plant genetics and Breeding. A50 Agricultural research. Clasificación LC.: SB 211.C3 I58 Compiled by: Claudia Stella Zuñiga Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project iii
3 Dear CBN-VI participant, At the end of our CBN-V, in November 2001 in St. Louis (USA), the CIAT s group proposed that the next CBN meeting would return to Colombia. The suggestion was accepted since 10 years had passed from the first meeting in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (1992) and to reinforce the regional framework of the CBN for Latin America and the Caribbean. Two months later, Chusa Ginés and Veronica Mera, the Coordinator and Social Scientist, respectively of CBN-LAC, lost their lives in a tragic airplane accident. After this tragedy staff at CIAT joined forces to endure this situation and develop initiatives to maintain the CBN-VI commitment and to honour the memory of Chusa and Veronica. Considering their interest to the sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity, the idea of a biodiversity scholarship fund was supported by IDRC and the Ginés-Mera Memorial Fellowship Fund for Postgraduate Studies was launched in early 2003 to aid young students from Developing Countries to complete masters-level and higher theses in molecular biology, social and rights-related aspects of agrobiodiversity and its conservation. The theme of this meeting Adding Value to a Small-Farmer Crop highlights the main concern related to the sustainable use of the cassava crop and the principal CBN-LAC s objective: integrate the needs of small-scale cassava farmers, processors and consumers into biotechnology research planning. This year, the meeting program, besides the special session for celebrating Ginés and Mera, will give emphasis to Plenary Sessions to discuss relevant themes and Posters Sessions with more time to discuss the papers. We have received around 160 papers from 30 countries in all three continents. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Joachim Voss, Director General of CIAT and Dr. Joe Tohme, Manager of the Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project at CIAT, who always maintained his support and encouragement that CBN-VI should be at CIAT. Likewise, the members of the Scientific and Local Committees and other CIAT s staff, who strongly supported the organization of CBN-VI. My thanks also go to the representatives of the Institutions that sponsored this event: Rockfeller Foundation, USAID, Syngenta Foundation, Embrapa, FAO, and AVEBE. Welcome to Cali and enjoy CBN-VI at CIAT. Dr. Alfredo A. C. Alves CIAT, CBN Coordinator iv
4 TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information vii Program xiii Program Outline xix Poster Sessions: PS 1: Products & Market 1 PS 2: Biodiversity & Genetic Resources 21 PS 3: Nutrition Value 53 PS 4: Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 61 PS 5 : Post Harvest & Starch Quality 101 PS 6: Gene Discovery 117 PS 7: Tissue Culture & Transformation 123 PS 8: Genomics and Markers 149 PS 9: Participatory Research & Technology Transfer 171 vi
5 General Information Sixth International Scientific Meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN-VI) 8-14 March 2004 CIAT, Cali, Colombia Theme: Adding Value to a Small-Farmer Crop Summary CIAT will host the CBN s Sixth International Meeting on the use of biotechnology tools to add value to cassava, a small-farmer crop of central importance to food security in the tropics. Scientists from advanced labs and NARS from Africa, Asia, South America and Central America will attend the meeting to discuss how biotechnology can assist cassava farmers by developing, for example, more suitable varieties, disease-free planting materials, and better ways to conserve and process cassava after harvesting. This conference will help determine the future of cassava research and will permit cassava scientists from all three continents to share ideas and discuss the implementation of capacity building in developing countries for a range of technologies to be used with cassava. Goal To strengthen and speed efforts to maximize the contribution of modern biotechnology tools to the agronomic improvement of cassava and thereby contribute to improved food security in the tropics. Objectives To facilitate dissemination of current information concerning cassava biotechnology, most importantly recent scientific and technical advances in this area. To promote the transfer of scientific information to cassava researchers through state of the art presentations and exchange sessions. To inform and educate biotech company representatives as to the importance of the crop in human development and the role of modern biotechnologies in cassava improvement. To publicize cassava and raise its profile in the world as a primary food crop for the 21 st century. viii
6 Background on CBN The Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) was founded in 1988 through the initiative of several individual scientists and the CGIAR-sponsored center CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia). CBN s mission is to maximise the contribution of modern biology to the agronomic improvement of cassava, a crop of central importance to food security in the tropics. Initial funding was supplied by CIAT, after which a 5 year project to support the CBN was secured from the Dutch government development agency (DGIS). An extension of this funding allowed the CBN to operate fully until the end of CBN was revived in 2001 under joint sponsorship of the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC) and DGIS. Although operating on a smaller scale than in the 1990s, CBN continues to sponsor both worldwide and regional activities dedicated to cassava improvement. The CBN aims to provide a network for enhanced communication between scientists through the organization of meetings, newsletters, reference databases, a small grants program for scientists from developing countries and as an advisor for the preparation of cassava research and training proposals to a variety of agencies. CBN has been internationally acclaimed as one of the most successful organizations of its kind. One of the most important activities of the CBN is the organization of scientific meetings to exchange state-of-the-art knowledge. These CBN International Scientific Meetings are held every other year in a different cassava producing country, and include field trips to cassava fields, processing facilities, factories and farmer cooperatives. Past scientific meetings included: CBN-I 1992: Cartagena, Colombia CBN-II 1994: Bogor, Indonesia CBN-III 1996: Kampala, Uganda CBN-IV 1998: Salvador, Brazil CBN-V 2001: St. Louis, USA Participants CBN-VI is expected to bring together 120 scientists from around the world, including 45 Latin Americans, 30 Africans, 15 Asians, 15 Europeans, and 15 North Americans ix
7 Subjects to be explored CBN-VI s program will consist of keynote addresses, plenary sessions, panel and poster sessions covering the following subjects: The future of biotechnology in developing countries How to add value to cassava Innovative approaches in R&D for cassava Biodiversity and IPR/Biosafety Cassava nutritional value Abiotic and biotic stresses Transformation and transgenics products Small farmers and research planning Tools for cassava breeding Toward cassava biotechnology s next phase In addition, there will be visits to cassava fields and CIAT s laboratory and processing facilities. Project beneficiaries Output from this meeting will benefit plant biotechnologists and cassva breeders of NARS from Latin American, African and Asian countries where cassava is a staple food. The scientists will, in turn, transfer the information and technologies to cassava farmers, processors and consumers. NARS scientists will establish stronger ties to the network, in which they can benefit from the cassava genotypes, available for sharing and adapted to different environmental constraints that limit cassava production in many producing countries. The ultimate beneficiaries will be the small-scale farmers who can improve their income, and thus their standard of living, adding value to cassava through biotech tools explored in this meeting. Continuing network activities Planning for the future of cassava research is an important focus of this meeting. CBN will be able to outline its next phase toward the invigoration of its activities in both regional and global frameworks, articulating a common vision to move the research forward. All the outputs from this meeting will help the network to progress, for the next 2 years, in its three main complementary thrusts: 1. Priority setting and evaluation through the strategic use of social science to ensure that the end-users have a real voice in decision-making in the development and implementation of biotechnologies; 2. Technology diffusion by further adapting key biotechnologies together with small farmers by public sector research; 3. Information to promote awareness building/dialogue among scientists and end-users of the opportunities and constraints inherent to biotechnology. x
8 Organizers Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) / Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) Alfredo A. C. Alves, CBN Coordinator Joe Tohme, Manager of Agrobiodiversity and Biotech Project, CIAT General Secretariat Claudia Zuñiga, CIAT/Biotechnology Research Unit Address: Km 17, Recta Cali-Palmira, AA 6713, Cali, Colombia Phone: , Fax: Website: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center/ILTAB Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Donors The Rockefeller Foundation USAID Syngenta Foundation FAO Avebe xi
9 Committees International Committee Role: - Ensure the highest visibility possible for the crop itself and for the institutions participating, and to foster relations between private companies and cassava research. - Raise sponsorship for the organization of the conference and invite high profile speakers and participants to the meeting. Alfred Dixon, Coordinator of Global Cassava Development Strategy (GCDS), Nigeria Alfredo Alves, Embrapa s Research Scientist and Coordinator of CBN, CIAT, Colombia C. P. E. Omaliko, Director, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Nigeria George Otim Nape, Deputy Director General, NARO, Uganda Ivan Ingelbrecht, Head of Biotechnology Unit, IITA, Nigeria Joachim Voss, Director General, CIAT, Colombia Joe Tohme, Manager of Agrobiodiversity and Biotech Project, CIAT, Colombia Juan Lucas Restrepo, Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Colombia Klaas J. Tamminga, Research and Comunication Division of the DGIS, Netherlands Klanarong Sriroth, Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Thailand Marc Van Montagu, Professor, Laboratory of Genetics, University of Ghent, Belgium Marcio Porto, Deputy Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO, Chile Osei Safo-Kantaka, National Coordinator for Root and Tuber Programme, Kname Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA Roger Beachy, President of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA S. Edison, Director, Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, India Wardie Leppan, Team Leader, Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, IDRC, Canada William Roca, Plant Cell Physiologist, Leader Project, CIP, Perú xii
10 Scientific Coordination Committee Role: fund raising, scientific program, organize posters and plenary sessions, publications etc Alfredo Alves, CIAT, Colombia Ann Marie Thro, Consultant, USA Anthony Bellotti, CIAT, Colombia Chikelu Mba, IAEA, Austria Claude Fauquet, Danforth Center, USA Daniel Debouck, CIAT, USA Eric Kueneman, FAO, Italy Guy Henry, CIRAD, Argentina Hernan Ceballos, CIAT, Colombia Jan Salick, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA Joe Tohme, CIAT, Colombia John Beeching, University of Bath, UK Larry Beach, USAID, USA Martin Fregene, CIAT, Colombia Nigel Taylor, Danforth Center, USA Reinhardt Howeler, CIAT, Thailand Richard Sayre, Ohio State University, USA Richard Visser, Wageningen University Valerie Verdier, Univ. de Perpinang, France Wilhelm Gruissem, ETHZ, Switzerland Local Organization Committee Role: day to day organization of the meeting, travel, accomodation, proceedings, posters etc. Alfredo Alves Anna Knox Anthony Bellotti Bernardo Ospina Claudia Stella Zúñiga Elizabeth Alvarez Elizabeth Caicedo Hernan Ceballos Jim McMillan Joe Tohme Martin Fregene Nathan Russel Patricia Fajardo Paul Chavarriaga Roosevelt Escobar Sibel González xiv
11 Open Day: March 8, 2004 (Mon) 08:00-09:45: Registration 09:45-10:00: Break 10:00-12:00: Open Ceremony Joachim Voss, Director General, CIAT Orlando Meneses, Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Colombia Keynote Speakers: Deborah Delmer, Rockefeller Foundation Joe Tohme, Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project, CIAT 12:00-13:30: Lunch 13:30-15:30: Celebrating Ginés-Mera Chair: Ann Marie Thro Future of Biotech in Developing Countries Jacqueline Ashby José Restrepo Deployment of transgenic cassava products Marilia Nutti / Joe Tohme Lawrence Kent / Claude Fauquet 15:30-16:00: Break 16:00-17:30: Panel: How to Add Value to Cassava? Chair: W. Gruissem Reporter: B. Ospina Guy Henry: Products and Markets Luiz Carvalho: Biodiversity Richard Sayre: Transgenics 17:30-18:30: Welcome Reception 19:00: Dinner PROGRAM xvi
12 Day Two: March 9, 2004 (Tue) 08:00-10:00: Plenary Session 1 Innovative approaches in R&D for cassava Chair: Reinhardt Howeler Reporter: Hernán Ceballos Bernardo Ospina: Latin American and Caribbean consortium to support cassava R&D (Clayuca) Andrew Westby: Post harvest in Africa Klanarong Sriroth: New outlook for cassava in Thailand 10:00-10:30: Break, Group Photograph 10:30-12:30: Plenary Session 2 Towards Cassava Biotechnology Next Phase Chair: Joachim Voss Reporter: Chikelu Mba Alfredo Alves: CBN Overview Nebambi Lutaladio: Global cassava development strategy Claude Fauquet /Joe Tohme: Global cassava partnership for genetic improvement 12:30-14:00: Lunch 14:00-16:00: Plenary Session 3 Cassava Nutrition Value Chair: Joe Tohme Reporter: Richard Sayre Delia Amaya: Increasing micronutrient quality in cassava Clara Brandão: Cassava leaf flour Larry Beach: Perspectives for enhancing protein content in cassava 16:00-16:30: Break 16:30-18:30: Poster Sessions PS1: Products and Market PS2: Biodiversity and Genetic Resources PS3: Nutrition Value 19:00: Dinner xvii
13 Day Three: March 10, 2004 (Wed) 08:00-10:00: Plenary Session 4 Abiotic Stresses Chair: Morag Ferguson Reporter: Martin Fregene Alfredo Alves: Physiological responses of cassava to water deficit Elizabeth Bray: Using Arabidopsis to identify genes in the drought-response pathways Manabu Ishitanu: Applying genomics tools to understand drought tolerance mechanisms John Beeching: Reducing post harvest physiological deterioration in cassava 10:00-10:30: Break 10:30-12:30: Poster Sessions PS4: Abiotic and Biotic Stresses PS5: Post harvest and Starch Quality 12:30-14:00: Lunch 14:00-18:30: Lab and Field Visits Three Themes/Sections: Biotech Tools Added Value Field Work All participants divided in 3 groups: each group will visit the 3 sections (lab and field day) 19:00: Dinner in Cali xviii
14 Day Four: March 11, 2004 (Thu) 08:00-10:00: Plenary Session 5 Transformation and Transgenic Products Chair: Omaliko Reporter: Krit Raemakers Paul Olson: Seven habits of effective transgene product development Paul Chavarriaga: Progress in cassava transformation Henry Daniell: Chloroplast genetic engineering for agronomic trait improvement and molecular farming 10:00-10:30: Break 10:30-12:30: Plenary Session 6 Small Farmers and Research Planning Chair: Otim-Nape Reporter: Roosevelt Escobar Santiago Perry: Innovating with small cassava farmers in Colombia Reinhardt Howeler: Working with farmers in Thailand: Spreading new varieties, improved practices and new hope Jacqueline Ashby: Reaching end-users 12:30-14:00: Lunch 14:00-16:00: Plenary Session 7 Biotic Stresses Chair: John Colvin Reporter: Elizabeth Alvarez James Legg: Epidemics of viruses on cassava in Africa: lessons learned Valerie Verdier: Expressed genes for CBB resistance in cassava Anthony Bellotti: Integrated management of cassava arthropod pests Claude Fauquet: The known and the unknown viruses and satellites infecting cassava in Africa 16:00-16:30: Break 16:30-18:30: Poster Sessions PS6: Gene Discovery PS7: Tissue Culture and Transformation 19:00: Dinner xix
15 Day Five: March 12, 2004 (Fri) 08:00-10:00: Plenary Session 8 Tools for Cassava Breeding Chair: Richard Visser Reporter: Yona Baguma Hernán Ceballos: Dooubled haploids Chikelu Mba: Induced mutagenesis and crop improvement Alfred Dixon: Conventional breeding: lessons learned Martin Fregene: MAS in cassava breeding 10:00-10:30: Break 10:30-12:30: Poster Sessions PS8: Genomics and Markers PS9: Participatory Research and Technology Transfer 12:30-14:00: Lunch 14:00-16:00: Plenary Session 9 Biodiversity and IPR Chair: Edison S. Reporter: Paul Chavarriaga Daniel Debouck: Studies on cassava biodiversity Safo-Kantaka: Explotation of natural diversity Carol Nottenburg: IPR/Biotech and Genetic Resources 16:00-16:30: Break 16:30-18:00: Closing Ceremony Richard Sayre: Scientific Summary Alfredo Alves: Concluding Remarks Joachim Voss: Closing 19:00: Dinner xx
16 Day Six: March 13, 2004 (Sab) 10:00-12:00: Meetings 1) CBN / GCDS / GCP-GI 2) Advanced Cassava Transformation Group Obs: Other groups can be organized to discuss some hot topic, according their convenience. These meetings can be scheduled for the sixth day or any other day during extra times. xxi
17 Sixth International Scientific Meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network 8-14 March 2004, CIAT, Cali, Colombia PROGRAM OUTLINE Time 08-Mar (Mon) 09-Mar (Tue) 10-Mar (Wed) 11-Mar (Thu) 12-Mar (Fri) 13-Mar (Sab) 08:00-09:45 Registration Plenary Session 1 Innovative approaches in R&D for cassava (3 lectures) Plenary Session 4 Abiotic Stresses (4 lectures) Plenary Session 5 Transformation and Transgenic Products (3 lectures) Plenary Session 8 Tools for Cassava Breeding (4 lectures) 09:45-10:00 Break 10:00-10:30 Open Ceremony Break, group photograph Break Break Break Meetings: 10:30-12:00 Joachim Voss and Orlando Plenary Session 2 Poster Sessions Plenary Session 6 Poster Sessions 1) CBN / GCDS / Meneses Towards Cassava Biotech Next 4) Abiotic and Biotic Small Farmers and 8) Genomics; GCP-GI Keynote speakers : Deborah Delmer Joe Tohme Phase (3 lectures) Stresses; 5) Postharvest and Starch Modification Research Planning (3 lectures) 9) Partic. Res. and Tech. Transfer 2) Advanced cassava Transformation Group 12:00-12:30 Lunch 12:30-13:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 13:30-14:00 Celebrating Chusa-Ginés : Future of Biotechnology in Developing Countries Other groups can be organized to discuss some hot topic, 14:00-15:00 (2 lectures) Deployment of Transgenic Cassava Products (2 lectures) Plenary Session 3 Cassava Nutrition Value (3 lectures) Lab and Field Visits 3 themes Biotech Tools Added Value Plenary Session 7 Biotic Stresses (4 lectures) Plenary Session 9 Biodiversity and IPR (3 lectures) according their convenience. These meetings can be also scheduled for any 15:00-15:30 Field Work day in extra times 15:30-16:00 Break Panel: How to Add Value to 16:00-16:30 Cassava? Break Break Break Break 16:30-17:30 3 Lectures Poster Sessions Poster Sessions 1) Products and Market; Lab and Field Visits 6) Gene Discovery; Closing Ceremony 17:30-18:30 Welcome Reception (Cocktail) 2) Biodiv. & Gen. Resources 3) Nutrition Continuation 7) Tissue Culture and Transformation 19:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner in Cali Dinner Dinner xxii
18 PS1: Products and Market Fufu yield of three improved cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivars and their physico-chemical and sensory properties S.C. Achinewhu; L. Barber; P.U. Umunna Issues in the administration of micro credit in the commercialization of a shelf stable fermented cassava product in Southwest Nigeria K. Adebayo; A.O. Dipeolu; I.A. Ayinde; A. Jumah; L.O. Sanni; O.B. Oyewole; A.Westby Target varieties for managing cassava commodity chains in Africa M.O. Akoroda A cost-benefit analysis of the processing of a shelf stable cassava fufu in Nigeria I.A. Ayinde; A.O. Dipeolu; K. Adebayo; O.B. Oyewole; L.O. Sanni; J. Adusei; A. Westby Development of different functional variants of banana yogurtlike cassava starch beverage F.V. Corte; S. Tchakirian; S.V. de Fabrizio Effect of cassava based diets on cholesterol content of table eggs D. Eruvbetine; O.M.O. Idowu ; A. Oduwefo Affordable mechanical efforts for adding value to cassava product in Malawi. A case study with peeling methods and size reduction H.W. Kazembe Cassava utilisation and marketing in coastal Kenya J.N. Kiura; C.K. Mutegi; M.D. Kengo; P. Kibet Cassava leaf production research in Thailand A. Limsila; S. Tungsakul; P. Sarawat; W. Wattananont; P. Aekmahachai; C. Petchburanin; S. Pichitporn;.H. Howeler Increased cassava trade through increased production, utilization and commercialization H. Obiero; P. Ndolo; B. Khizzah; J. Legg Improving the sensory quality and detoxification of two commonly consumed cassava products (flour & gari) in Nigeria using palm wine yeast-solid substrate fermentation techniques G. Oboh; A.A. Akindahunsi Design and performance evaluation of a hydrocyclone system for cassava starch milk concentration M.S. Sajeev; R. Kailappan Studies into the production and qualities of cassava grits (Tapioca) in Nigeria L. Sanni; M. Onitilo; O.B. Oyewole; T. Keiths; A. Westby
19 Influence of extrusion conditions on the functional characteristics of cassava flour extrudates J. Thajudhin Sheriff; L. Gothandapani Demand assessment for cassava in industrial sector of India T. Srinivas Production of cassava wine by biotechnological method S. Wanlapatit; S. Chotineeranat; K. Amornittikul ; K. Piyachomkwan; Klanarong Sriroth Cassava or rice starchy fermented products as functional products for different intended purposes A. Zuleta; M.E. Rio; M.E. Sambucetti; M. Mora; S.V. de Fabrizio; J.L. Parada
20 Fufu yield of three improved cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivars and their physico-chemical and sensory properties S.C. Achinewhu; L. Barber; P.U. Umunna Dept. of Food Science & Technology, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Dried and roasted fufu flour produced from three improved cassava cultivars, TMS 3575, TMS 82/00058 and TMS 3044, were subjected to physical, chemical and sensory analyses. Physical analyses showed fufu yield of 32.6%, 30.8% and 28% swelling index of 355%, 362% (roasted flour), 295%, 285%, 298% (oven dried flour) water absorption capacity of 1.6, 1.8, 1.8ml/g (roasted), 0.8, 1.0, 1.0 (dried) ml/g, relative bulk density of 0.27, 0.26, 0.24g/cm3 (roasted) 0.48, 0.46, 0.48g/cm3 (dried) and starch yield of 56.6, 54.8% and 57.9% for TMS 3575, 82/0058 and 3044 respectively. The dried and roasted fufu flour showed ph values of 3.7, 3.9, 3.9 (roasted) 3.9, 3.9, 4.0 (dried) titratable acidity of 0.9, 0.9, 0.9 (roasted) 0.7, 0.8, 0.9% (fired) lactic acid for TMS 3573, 82/00058 and 3044 respectively. Seventy-two hours of submerged fermentation and subsequent roasting or oven drying reduced the HCN content from 8.6, 6.2, 7.2mg/100g in the raw cultivars to 0.79, 0.90, 1.0mg/100g (roasted), 0.9, 1.1, 1.0mg/100g (dried) in the fufu for TMS 3575, 82/00058 and 3044 respectively, a safe level for human consumption. All three cultivars have good sensory attributes. They could be recommended as good cultivars to processors and consumers of fufu. 3
21 Issues in the administration of micro credit in the commercialization of a shelf stable fermented cassava product in Southwest Nigeria K. Adebayo 1 ; A.O. Dipeolu 1 ; I.A. Ayinde 1 ; A. Jumah 2 ; L.O. Sanni 1 ; O.B. Oyewole 1 ; A.Westby 3 1. University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, Nigeria. 2. Institute of Advanced Studies, Viena, Austria 3. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom Credit is an important input in all production systems in the real sector. The administration of micro credit has however been regarded as unattractive to the forma credit institutions because of high administrative costs and high default rate among beneficiaries. This on-going study on the development of the small and medium scale enterprise sector producing cassava based products to meet emerging urban demand is making counter-intuitive finding which challenge earlier assumptions in the administration of micro credit. Among these are the high repayment rate and low administrative costs associated with the approach adopted in the study. These finding have brought to the fore functional and policy related issues which are discussed in this paper. 4
22 Target varieties for managing cassava commodity chains in Africa M.O. Akoroda Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan. Ibadan. Nigeria. Target varieties for the 44 cassava producing countries in Africa are not necessary those with high yields of fresh roots. The region is experiencing a cassava postharvest revolution. however, this process is a complex of production, transportation on-farm and off-farm, coupled with a strong diverse product processing and marketing and consumption sector. Targeting end-uses even in the breeders selection strategy is critical for isolating the elites that meet varied purposes of consumers both domestic and industrial. In all these steps, use of the right or appropriate varieties is the most important input. Plant breeders have already amassed a list of suitable varieties are that are yet to be satisfactorily deployed into the farming systems. Stem production is the major problem. The use of varieties that demand high fertilizers to give high starch yields are inappropriate. Dry matter of percent are available but the key factor is how to combine the soil fertility restrictions and skilled labor use in locally economic ways to cut down the cost of production and processing. Price of final product is often high because the method, machine and manpower in use are traditional and needs optimizing. The 55 percent of world fresh root output of about 175 million tonnes is produced in Africa in 17 million hectares with hundreds of varieties that are poor yielding (7-9 tonnes per hectare in sole crop farms after 12 months of growth). It is thus clear that no sustained revolution can be made to alleviate poverty if the higher yielding varieties are not used in an increasing ratio to traditional varieties. The need for varieties that use less fertilizers or more efficiently exploit nutrients from the soil is evident. 5
23 A cost-benefit analysis of the processing of a shelf stable cassava fufu in Nigeria I.A. Ayinde 1 ; A.O. Dipeolu 1 ; K. Adebayo 1 ; O.B. Oyewole 1 ; L.O. Sanni 1 ; J. Adusei 2 ; A. Westby 3 1. University of Agriculture, PMB 2240, Abekuta, , Nigeria. 2. Institute for Advanced Studies, Stumpergasse, Viena A Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham, ME4 4TB, UK Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is an important tropical staple crop; which when processed, produces different types of carbohydrate-rich foods which are consumed at least once in a day in Nigeria. Fufu is one of such processed foods and it is usually consumed in the cooked ready-to-eat form, which has a low shelf life. A novel source of increasing the shelf life and reducing other problems associated with the consumption of this form of fufu was recently identified through the development of a new product obtained through the drying of a fermented product of cassava. The popularization of the production and transfer of this technology to the local cassava processors entails the determination of its economic viability and its project-worthiness as a potential small-medium enterprise needed to improve the livelihood systems of the potential beneficiaries. Input-output data were collected at the pilot level production stage and these were subjected to analysis of costs and returns as web as cost-benefit analysis (CBA); projected over a five year period. Results indicate that adoption of this technology would be a worthwhile intervention in the cassava processing systems in terms of value addition and enhancement of livelihood systems of processors through the generation of higher profit. 6
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One of the Christmas "facts" about which last week's Theos report failed to discover widespread ignorance was that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Everybody knows that: well, 73% of us at least, which shows that something is sticking, though whether it comes from junior school nativity plays, carols played ad nauseam in the temples of Mammon or something more explicitly religious isn't entirely clear. As that ineffable schmaltz-artist, Luke, puts it,
And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem... to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
If you go to Bethlehem (not an easy journey, since it involves negotiating Israel's security barrier and taking your chances among the depressed and radicalised population) then some among the town's dwindling number of Christians will show you a cave with a silver star on the floor where, according to long-established tradition, the Word of God took on human flesh.
So what, I wonder, is the Vatican playing at this Christmas?
In a radical departure, the official Vatican Christmas Crib has shifted the action to Jesus' home town of Nazareth. Out go the shepherds, the ox and the ass, even the manger. In come a carpenter's workshop, a "covered patio", and "the inside of a pub, with its hearth".
"It was time for a change," said a spokesman "and a return to St Matthew's gospel".
Which is even stranger, since Matthew quite clearly says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, where, it would appear, Mary and Joseph had been living all along. They only left because of Herod, who is supposed to have massacred all the male children in Bethlehem in a failed attempt to do in the Christ child. Joseph had however been warned by an angel, and took the family into Egypt. It was only some years later, with Herod safely dead, that the family moved to Galilee and "came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth."
Could the new Nativity setting actually be a tacit acknowledgement of one of Christianity's open secrets, that the evidence for the traditional story is non-existent? Jesus was almost certainly not born in Bethlehem. There was no census, no donkey, no fully-booked inn, no massacre of the innocents, no shepherds abiding in the fields. It's all hogwash.
Luke, who claims in the introduction to his gospel to be supplying "the certainty of these things", must go down as one of the most careless historians on record. "This census was first made when Quirinius was governor of Syria", he writes of the event that supposedly brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. Small problem, Quirinius became governor in 7AD, by which time Jesus would have been at least ten, and quite possibly fourteen. And Herod had already been dead 11 years.
And what shall we make of this contradictory passage, from John chapter 7:
But others said, shall the Messiah come out of Galilee? Hath not scripture said, that the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Which strongly implies that people who knew Jesus were well aware he had never been anywhere near Bethlehem.
It's quite clear what is going on in all these stories. There was a perception, based on the prophets of the Old Testament, that the coming Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Any would-be Messiah who didn't come from that town would therefore be at a severe disadvantage. If you believed that Jesus was the Messiah you had to account for the discrepancy. Easy: just say that he was born in Bethlehem after all. Make up some plausible story about a census to explain the otherwise inexplicable fact that a family from northern Palestine travelled all the way to the Judean equivalent of Windsor for the happy event.
These facts are easily available to anyone who bothers to find them, and few serious scholars of the New Testament, devout Christians included, dispute them. But officially, churches continue to promote the traditional story. Perhaps the Vatican's Crib redesign is a pre-emptive step, just in case the truth becomes more widely known. Or perhaps the complexities of Middle East politics have a hand in it.


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Here the hunters are members of the Darlings of New York — wealthy plutocrats who combine elements of the Kennedys and the Hiltons. Led by patriarch Tripp (Donald Sutherland) and wife Letitia (Jill Clayburgh), the family includes a senatorial candidate with a secret (William Baldwin); a much-married daughter (Natalie Zea); an ungodly reverend (Glenn Fitzgerald); and sybarite twins (Samaire Armstrong and Seth Gabel).
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Important work, however, remains to be done. As disparate as the siblings may be in Brothers, it's possible to see a familial link among them, to pick out shared traits and parental influences. The main influence on the Darling children seems to be tabloid headlines, with each character representing a different real-life scandal.
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Published: Friday, January 23, 2004 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 23, 2004 at 12:30 a.m.
The afternoon began innocently enough. Florida gymnasts Kristen Stucky and Erin Pendleton were driving about town, running errands. On this Friday in Gainesville, the sky was blue, the air pleasantly warm.
Touched by it all, Stucky turned to Pendleton and offered up a prediction.
"I said, 'It feels like a 197-day, Erin'," Stucky said. "I just felt it. I felt the vibe."
That night - last Friday in the O'Connell Center - it became a 197-day. The Gators posted a season-high score of 197.10 in a victory over LSU as Stucky's prediction held true. Florida scored a 195.95 the previous week at the Super Six Challenge in Alabama.
"When they announced the score I was jumping up and down," Stucky said. "I looked at Erin and she said, 'We did it.'
"So for (tonight), I have to predict we'll score a 197.5. That way, we can get it."
The Gators' newest prognosticator thus far is more accurate than Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania's famed groundhog. Who knows if Stucky will see her shadow this morning when she rises.
But the Gators are all in agreement. They are set to push their season-best score up another notch.
Tonight, the Gators (5-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) will try to do that when they host the Florida Quad Meet at 7 p.m. in the O'Connell Center. Competing alongside the third-ranked Gators will be Illinois-Chicago, Michigan State and North Carolina State.
The Gators' expectations for this season are suddenly soaring after a promising second-place showing at the Super Six Challenge two weeks ago followed by last week's win over LSU, which marked the earliest point in a season the Gators broke 197.
Coach Rhonda Faehn said her team is focusing on fine-tuning a few mistakes and is using theirits early season success to push them harder.
"That is a motivator for them," Faehn said. "We're third in the country. We scored a 197 in our second competition of the year shows we have potential of fine-tuning all the little things - hitting the landings everywhere, showing everything off more and then going from there. Our goals are now a little bit higher."
The all-around performances of junior Orley Szmuch and freshman Breanne King have been a big factor in the Gators' week-to-week improvement. Szmuch - the reigning SEC gymnast of the week - won her eighth career all-around title last week with a 39.55 against LSU while King finished second with a 39.475. King's total was the second-highest all-around total ever recorded by a Florida freshman.
"We just want to build from last weekend," Szmuch said. "We want to gain a little more experience. I still think we can up our score. There's still a lot of room for improvement."
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Louisville vs. Tulane
October 17, 2003 | 8:00 p.m.
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On Tulane: "They are a very good offensive football team, very good. They've got real good receivers, and Losman is an NFL-caliber quarterback - he can make all the throws and is very athletic. And they have a very good offensive package. They give you a lot of different looks, probably more than we've seen since the Syracuse game."
On winning the time of possession: "Our time of possession is going down and that's a concern of mine," Petrino said. "I think we need to have the ball more and that's going to be crucial Friday night. We have to keep their [Tulane's J.P. Losman]quarterback on the sideline and keep our offense on the field."
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On Louisville: Their offensive and defensive lines are very good. Obviously, the quarterback is an efficient player, with his arm and his feet. The big plays that they have hit this year have been, not because someone had a mental mistake, but because they executed. Their kick return game is really good. Their linebackers are good; they're a good football team. They've gone to Syracuse; they've gone to Kentucky. Bobby [head coach Petrino] had that tie in to them a few years back when he was there, so it wasn't a large transition. They've done a good job mixing and they're playing well. Offensively, they're first in our league, I think, but defensively, they're only giving up 18 points a game and I think that has as much to do with them being 5-1 as anything.
On playing on a Friday night: I think the game has changed so much, television is a big part of it. They dictate when you play, the time of the game, the day you're playing. I don't think we have much control over it. It's going to be great exposure for us, on national television; this being our third game on national tv. There's a lot of things we can control, but that is one that I don't think college coaches can now.
- Louisville holds a 7-2 series advantage over Tulane. However, the teams have split the last four meetings, with Louisville last winning 52-7 during the 2001 season.
- The Cardinals currently rank 12th in the nation in total offense.
- The school's top five offensive yardage outings have all come under the direction of now head coach Bobby Petrino. The 619 total yards against Army last week ranks fourth in school history.
- A total of 14 different players have caught a pass for the Cardinals this season.
- Stefan LeFors became only the second Cardinal quarterback to ever throw for more than 400 yards in a game when he threw for 406 yards against Army. Chris Redman also eclipsed the 400 yard mark, last doing so against Illinois during the 1999 season.
- Center Dan Koons has now started 26 consecutive games.
- Louisville's rushing game has already gained 1,198 yards, which is just 189 yards shy of last season's total of 1,387. The Cardinals are currently averaging 4.9 yards per carry.
- Louisville has converted an impressive 9 of 11 fourth down attempts this season.
- The Cardinal defense is currently ranked 18th in the country in scoring defense, giving up just 18.5 points per game.
- Louisville is winning by an average of 20.3 points per game through their first three home games.
- The Cardinal secondary has already surpassed last year's interception total, with 10 thefts so far this season.
- Of the 29 scoring drives for the Louisville offense, 15 have come on drives of over 70 yards.
- Louisville has dropped its per game penalty yardage from 105.0 last year to just 58.3 yards this season.
- Bobby Petrino's 5-1 record is second in the nation for first-year coaches, trailing only Michigan State's John L. Smith who is 6-1.
- Louisville currently leads Conference USA in rushing offense with 199.7 yards per game and total offense with 461.7 yards per game.
- The Cardinals offensive line has allowed the fewest sacks (6) in Conference USA.
- The Green Wave lead Conference USA in passing efficiency with a rating of 148.6.
- The Tulane defense is last in the league in scoring defense, giving up an average of 38.5 points per contest.
- Already the career record-holder in school and Conference USA in rushing and all-purpose yards, Tulane's Mewelde Moore can join an exclusive club with 37 rushing and 50 receiving yards this year. The senior from Baton Rouge can become just the second 4,000/2,000 man in NCAA Division I-A history.
- Tulane is 46-64-2 (.420) all-time versus schools that currently comprise C-USA.
- An amazing 16 freshmen -- five redshirts and 11 true freshmen -- have played significant roles for Tulane this year, with nine of those having started games and nearly all of the rest listed no lower than second on the depth chart.
- Four of Tulane's six games have been decided by a three-point margin.
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Can you say offense? Both Louisville and Tulane can throw and run very effectively, so as Coach Petrino pointed out during his Monday press conference, time of possession will be crucial, as will be the play of the two defensive units. Offensively, I give the slight edge to the Green Wave and defensively, I give just a slightly wider edge to the Cardinals.
Look for the Cardinals to attempt to establish their running game and then run it some more. Eric Shelton, Lionel Gates and crew must be effective to keep the dangerous Tulane offense on the sidelines for as long as possible. Tulane's rush defense is porous at best, so Coach Petrino will most likely keep it on the ground as much as possible.
The Tulane offense can strike and strike quickly! Louisville's secondary can not afford to many blown assignments and must play their best game of the year as a unit. They will be challenged often, but so will the Cardinals defensive front. Tulane running back Mewelde Moore is a very serious threat to rush for over 100 yards, so players making the initial contact must wrap him up.
With two dangerous offenses, coupled with youth-filled defenses, special teams and turnovers could be the difference. Having Broderick Clark back to return kicks is vital for Louisville, but the Cardinals must tackle better on punt coverage and not allow frequent returns of over 10 yards.
The Cardinal defense, with the help of a loud Papa John's Cardinal Stadium crowd, will continue to make the stops when they need them most.
In a see-saw battle, Louisville comes out on top...40-33.


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Boise State football coach Bryan Harsin says Broncos running back Jeremy McNichols has been quiet about a potential decision to declare for the NFL draft. Reports this week say McNichols will forego his senior year with BSU to head to the pros. McNichols has until January 18 to declare.
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> Bill Stoddard wrote: > > >New proposal... leave apr_time_t exactly as it is. The > performance problem > >is with how we are converting an apr_time_t into a value with 1 second > >resolution (ie, doing 64 bit divisions). I propose we introduce some new > >macros (or functions) to efficiently remove resolution from > apr_time_t and > >do an approximate (not precise) conversion to seconds. Aaron (I believe) > >has already demonstrated this idea. This is the least invasive, > easiest to > >understand and workable solution IMHO. > > > > I'm opposed to his approach because it combines the worst of > both worlds: poor performance and poor accuracy. > > Under this proposal, the sequence of time operations in an > httpd request would look like: > > 1. gettimeofday > (fast, no loss of accuracy) We cannot avoid this, right? > 2. 64-bit multiplication to build an apr_time_t > (slow (on lots of current platforms), no loss of accuracy) Do we eliminate this by representing apr_time_t as busec? > 3. 64-bit shifts to get approximate seconds > (fast, but loss of accuracy) If you convert from microseconds to integer seconds (which is what httpd requires), you loose -resolution- no matter how you do it. If the accuracy you loose is smaller than the resolution, then what does it matter that you loose some accuracy? > > We end up with compromises in both performance and accuracy, > in code that: > - is completely under our control, and > - wouldn't require any compromise of performance or accuracy > if we just stopped creating the seconds*1000000+microseconds > representation in step 2. I must have blinked... How does step 2 work with busec? > > Things look even worse outside the httpd. Cliff, for example, > mentioned in one of the threads last week that he uses apr_time_t > in programs that require microsecond resolution with high performance. > As long as we keep encoding apr_time_t in the current manner, APR will > never be an effective choice for such apps. I think apr_time_t works for Cliff now (Cliff am I mistaken?) and I am proposing that we not change apr_time_t... So I must be missing something. I'd like to leave the struct/function renames off the table for now and just discuss the technical details of the proposals... It was the intertwining of the technical and esthetics of the naming convestions that made the previous discussion difficult for me to follow. Bill
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