| Autor: |
Silvio José Bicudo, Mora Castelanos, Manoel Isidoro, Valdivié Navarro, Bárbara Rodríguez Sánchez, Luis Marino, Priscila Gonzales Figueiredo |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology. 3:419-426 |
| ISSN: |
2320-7027 |
| Popis: |
Cassava is an important staple food for human and animal feeding in Cuba. Despite its importance, there is little or nonexistent information to diagnose preferences and frequency of consumption of cassava in that country. In this sense, the present article characterizes the preferences and frequency of consumption of cassava in the municipalities of Plaza de la Revolucion-La Habana province, El Salvador–Guantanamo province and San Jose de Las Lajas–Mayabeque province in Cuba. A survey was conducted through a questionnaire containing twelve closed and two open questions. The sample was determined based on the number of total population of each municipality considering 95% as confidence interval and 5% as error margin. The results were statistically analyzed by calculating the absolute and the relative frequencies of each question. It was observed that the acquisition of cassava in the municipalities of Plaza de la Revolucion, El Salvador and San Jose de las Lajas in Cuba is done by purchase small quantities of fresh cassava for home consumption within one week, due to the extreme perishability of cassava, which limits consumers' ability to store fresh roots at home. The choice of cassava is made based on both skin colour (light brown) and pulp (white) and empirical knowledge about its ease of cooking, and that cassava is mostly consumed in |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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