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APPROVAL………………………………………………………….i

DEDICATION …………………………………………………………….ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………..…………iii

TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………….………..…..……iv

ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………v

Chapter ONE

1.0     INTRODUCTION …………………………….………..……….……1

1.1     AIM AND OBJECTIVE …………………….………..…..………4

Chapter TWO

2.0     LITERATURE REVIEW……………….………..…..…………..5

2.1     CASSAVA………….………..………………………..……5

2.1.2   MORPHOLOGY OF CASSAVA PLANT……………………………………..5

2.2     POST HARVEST PROBLEM OF CASAVA ……………………..……………9

2.2.1   TUBER DETERIORATION ……………..………..……………9

2.2.2   STORAGE PROBLEM..……………………………………10

2.3     CASSAVA PROCESSING.………………………….……10

2.4     EQUIPMENT AND MACHINES USED IN NIGERIA……………..………….14

2.4.1   CASSAVA GRATER…………………………….……16

2.4.2   MILLING MACHINE………………………….……16

2.5     SUN DRYING…………………………………..……19

2.6     FACTORS AFFECTING DRYIING OF CASSAVA CHIPS………………………….…………………20

2.7     FUNCTIONAL AND PASTING PROPERTIES OF CASSAVA FLOUR …………………….……21

Chapter THREE

3.0     MATERIALS AND METHOD …………..…………………………24

3.1     SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PREPATRATION……………………………………………………….24

3.2     PROCESSING OF CASSAVA FLOUR FROM THE SAMPLE ………………………………………24

3.3     METHOD OF ANALYSIS..……………………………….25

3.4     WATER ABSORPTION ………………………………..26

3.5     OIL ABSORPTION……………………………………26

3.6     EMULSIFICATION CAPACITY…………..………………………..27

3.7     GELATION CAPACITY.………………………………….27

3.8     PH MEASUREMENT……………………………….28

3.9     VISCOSITY………………………………28

Chapter FOUR

4.0     RESULT AND DISCUSSION …………………………29

4.1     RESULT…………………………………………………..29

4.2     DISCUSSION ……………………………………………..30

Chapter FIVE

5.0     CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION………………………………..30

5.1     CONCLUSION ……………………………………………30

5.2     RECOMMENDATION……………………………………………30

5.3     REFERENCES …………………………………..35