@article{MAKHILLAJ202116120725,
    title = {Peasant Perception of Sweet Varieties of Cassava (<i>Manihot esculenta</i> Crantz) in the Republic
of Congo},
    journal = {Agricultural Journal},
    volume = {16},
    number = {1},
    pages = {16-23},
    year = {2021},
    issn = {1816-9155},
    doi = {aj.2021.16.23},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-9155&doi=aj.2021.16.23},
    author = {Celestine,Anicet,Feueltgaldah,Bob and},
    keywords = {Manihot esculenta Crantz,sweet varieties,peasant perception,Republic of Congo,survey},
    abstract = {Given the negative impacts of the bitter
<i>Manihot esculenta</i> Crantz varieties on the health of
consumers and although retting techniques improve the
nutritional quality of these bitter varieties, it is necessary
to encourage <i>Manihot esculenta</i> Crantz producers to grow
also sweet varieties. This study which set the aim of
knowing how the farmers producing <i>Manihot esculenta
Crantz</i> perceive cultivation of sweet varieties in the
Republic of Congo, revealed after investigation in the
departments of high production of Manihot esculenta
Crantz that: 95% of the respondents know the sweet
varieties and 65% know the negative impacts of bitter
varieties However, only 20% make the choice of
cultivating sweet varieties compared to 77.5% which
would prefer bitter varieties. This attitude is justified by
several major constraints such as the sweet taste that
exposes these varieties to wild animals (24.7%),
susceptibility to pests (31.8%), the short cycle that would
justify poor conservation in the soil (29.9%). A low
appreciation of products made from sweet cassava
varieties is also worth noting (60%). Indeed, the lack of
products resulting from the transformation of sweet
cassava into products corresponding to the eating habits
of the populations and the low appreciation of products
such as &ldquo;chikwangue&rdquo; and &ldquo;foufou&rdquo; resulting from the transformation of sweet varieties of cassava, limit the cultivation from these sweet varieties to a subsistence and
non-commercial crop.}
    }