Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
dehydrated banana mash, East Africa, plantains
College
Life Sciences
Department
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science
Abstract
This project was designed to help smallholder farmers in Eastern Africa learn how to develop a dehydrated banana mash using solar technology. This project was inspired by the need of finding a beneficial means of preserving excess banana crops in the region. One of the major varieties of bananas produced in Eastern Africa is the Eastern African highland banana. These cooking bananas, also known as plantains, are the primary production crop in the region. Because bananas have such a short shelf life farmers are not able to sell their produce fast enough and much of it goes to waste. The people in the region commonly make a staple dish called matoke by cooking and mashing the plantains. After much work in the laboratory a preservable matoke dish was successfully produced making it possible to use the research in Eastern Africa.
Recommended Citation
Jensen, Nathan and Steele, Dr. Frost
(2013)
"Development of a Dehydrated Banana Mash for the People of East Africa,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 1385.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1385