TY  - JOUR
T1  - Peasant Perception of Sweet Varieties of Cassava (<i>Manihot esculenta</i> Crantz) in the Republic
of Congo
AU - Kiminou Ngounga, Celestine AU - Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Binaki, Anicet AU - Christian Bopoundza, Feueltgaldah AU - Wilfrid Loumouamou, Bob AU - Genevi&egrave;ve Maloumbi, Marie 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SP  - 16
EP  - 23
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2021.16.23
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2021.16.23
KW  - Manihot esculenta Crantz
KW  -sweet varieties
KW  -peasant perception
KW  -Republic of Congo
KW  -survey
AB  - 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.
ER  -