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Linking breeding with market demand in value chain for cassava and processed cassava products findings from Uganda and Tanzania. Ben Bennett, Uli Kleih , David Phillips, Diego Naziri (NRI), Grace Mahende (C:AVA), Elifatio Towo (TFNC), Michael Kirya (C:AVA, AFRII) and John Jagwe.

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  1. Linking breeding with market demand in value chainfor cassava and processed cassava products findings from Uganda and Tanzania. Ben Bennett, UliKleih, David Phillips, Diego Naziri (NRI), Grace Mahende(C:AVA), ElifatioTowo (TFNC), Michael Kirya (C:AVA, AFRII) and John Jagwe Partners: Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  2. Background • Cassava Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA), working to address rural poverty by upgrading the cassava value chain. • Main product is High Quality Cassava Flour. • Revisited the value chain for cassava and cassava products in Uganda and Tanzania.

  3. Objectives • To understand new market areas that have emerged for future interventions. • Attempt to link the state of the art in the national cassava breeding programmes in the two countries and cassava value chains.

  4. Research method & questions Method • Market research with existing and potential cassava end users, identification of preferred traits (April-May, 2012) • Focus group discussion with cassava breeders (April-May, 2012) Questions What are the current cassava breeding objectives? What cassava varieties have been released and what are their key traits? What traits are desired by cassava emerging end users? .

  5. Breeding objectives In both countries Uganda and Tanzania • Higher productivity • Disease resistance (brown streak and mosaic diseases) Farmer-led breeding approaches

  6. Varieties released and traits Uganda • Key traits: high dry matter content, low cyanogen, disease resistance • 2-3 recent releases • NARO promoting 2 varieties on each farm to combat risk of crop failure (e.g. disease). Tanzania • Key traits: high dry matter content, resistant to disease and abiotic stress • Breeding programme started 2000 • 20 varieties released • All sweet except one

  7. Immediate Market HQCF - Biscuits - Paperboard - Bread/bakery products - Composite flour (e.g cassava/millet/maize) Cassava chips - Animal feed - Brewing. Starch.

  8. Potential market size

  9. What traits are desired by cassava end users: HQCF for biscuits/bakery product • Low fibre content • High starch content in cassava • Low/acceptable cyanogens levels • Aroma Animal feed • High energy • Low/acceptable cyanogens levels • Higher protein • High beta-carotene (for egg yolks) Paper board. - Viscosity - High starch binding properties. Starch - High starch content

  10. Conclusions • Most research focused on farmer needs for food security reasons (and not industry needs) • Most breeding effort focused on disease resistance. • Most work done on sweet varieties • Some interest in industry needs emerging (e.g. high starch content varieties, high protein)

  11. Proposals • Productivity increases are needed to meet the emerging potential demand identified by this research. • Better balance is needed between breeding effort on sweet and bitter varieties to meet new industrial demands. • Industrial users should also be involved in selection and evaluation of breeding material and setting breeding goals.

  12. Thank You

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