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The Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Kano State, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  The Effects of Cyanide Concentration on the Environment and the Consumption of Varieties of Cassava
  Author(s): Adamu Cornelius Smah*, Bello Sikiti Garba, Salihu Buhari Salam and Sackey Josephine
  
  The environment is healthy when it has less and harmless pollution from any form of contamination. Cyanide is one of the contaminants that is responsible for degrading and changing the structural, biological, physical and chemical nature of the soil. Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is rated as one of the most popular crops in the world which can be consumed raw, cooked and also be processed into flakes (garri). Consequently, the cyanide concentration varies. The stages of processing cassava start from the peeling, washing, grating, dewatering and finally, frying. These processes are responsible for the deposition of cyanide into the environment. It is in view of these that this research was aimed at determining the best of the cassava variety to be consumed by determining the concentration of cyanide in the different varieties and the effects of cassav.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2375-4397.20.8.244

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