The first essay formulates a dynamic general equilibrium optimal control model of an energy crop as part of a country's planned resource use over a period of time. The model attempts to allocate consumption, production, and factors of production to achieve the country's sustainable development goal. A Cobb-Douglas specification is used for both utility and production functions in the model. We calibrate the model with Thailand data. The selected model is used to generate the stationary state solution and to simulate the optimal policy function and optimal time paths. Two methods are used: a linear approximation method and the Runke-Kutta reverse shooting method. The model provides numerical results that can be used as information for decision makers and stakeholders to devise an economic plan to achieve sustainable development goals. The second essay studies the effect of international trade and changes in labor supply, land supply, and the price of imported energy on energy crop production for bio fuel and food, as well as impacts on social welfare. We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model to describe two baseline scenarios, a closed economy and an open economy. We find that international trade increases welfare and decreases the energy price. Furthermore, resources are allocated to produce more food under the open economy scenario than the quantities produced under a closed economy assumption. An increase in labor supply and land supply result in an increase in social welfare. An increase in imported energy price leads to a welfare loss, higher energy production, and lower food production. The third essay develops a partial equilibrium econometric model to project the impacts of an increase in ethanol production on the Thai agriculture sector over the next ten years. The model is applied to three scenarios for analyzing the effect of government ethanol production targets. The results from the baseline model and scenario analysis indicate that an expansion in ethanol production will result in a significant increase in cassava production, price, and land use. The increase in cassava production will shift land use from maize and sugar cane, thus increasing in price of maize.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・論文博士 / 博士(農学) / 乙第13101号 / 論農博第2847号 / 新制||農||1051(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H29||N5033(農学部図書室) / (主査)教授 廣岡 博之, 教授 松井 徹, 准教授 熊谷 元 / 学位規則第4条第2項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

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Cassava is the main staple crop in Nigeria. Using primary data from four south eastern states in Nigeria, the study assessed the gender impacts of improved cassava varieties. Comparative statistical analysis reveals that total female labor is higher than total male in cassava production, processing and marketing. Women spend more labor days than males for planting, weeding, harvesting, marketing and processing. The total female family labor is higher for adopters of new improved cassava varieties. There is however lower family labor input for both male and female adopters for clearing and plowing which are normally done by men. Significant determinants of female labor supply are number of children in the household, percent of females in the household providing labor on the farm, area under improved cassava varieties and total land area. There is a positive unexpected relationship between total female labor supply and number of children. For each of the decision making variables, there is a significant association between the gender of the spouse and the decision made except for the decision on family labor allocation. Probit results show a significant decrease in the probability that the wife makes the decision for family labor allocation, what inputs to buy and borrowing and traditional cassava income control with adoption. Results indicate that both men and women spend their income on services directly linked to the household's welfare. More than half of the women ranked food as number one. / Master of Science

Research was conducted in Sri Lanka to evaluate the feasibility of developing cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) leaf meal as an animal feed. In feeding trials with broilers, improvements in performance were observed at 10% inclusion of cassava leaf meal (CLM). High levels (20 and 30%) of CLM depressed gain, feed intake and feed per gain. Weights of spleen and liver (% of body weight) linearly increased with increasing levels of CLM. Carcass pigmentation values favored the CLM-based diets. Dietary additives (methionine, sodium thiosulfate or soybean oil plus methionine) improved the growth of broilers fed 20% CLM diet without, however, having any beneficial effect when added to the basal diet. Gain of broilers tended to decrease with increasing dietary levels of cyanide. Feeding trials with growing pigs showed that CLM can be included up to 26.7% level without any effect on performance. Gain and feed per gain were improved at 13.3% CLM level, whereas marked depressions were noted at 40% CLM level. Results of the balance trials indicated that cassava leaf protein is utilized more efficiently by the pigs, although the nutrients in CLM are not as digestible as those in coconut oil meal. The overall results suggest that bulkiness, low energy content, methionine deficiency and presence of anti-nutritional factors, are the major factors limiting the high level use of CLM in non-ruminant diets. Studies on the processing of CLM revealed that simple drying is sufficient to eliminate almost 90% of the initial cyanide level in the fresh cassava leaves. A combination of chopping and 3-day wilting prior to drying proved most effective in lowering the cyanide level of CLM. Field trials conducted with a short-age cassava variety, MU 22, demonstrated that it is possible to increase cassava leaf dry matter yields by defoliating once during the growing season and to produce within 86% of the normal yield of roots. Two defoliations during the growing season depressed the root crop by more than half. / Ph. D.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T18:53:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ANDRESSA GABARDO GRANZA.pdf: 2807698 bytes, checksum: a0442acfb9a8bff732a7ec5ecaa9a286 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The development of gluten free products is becoming increasingly important as the number of celiac people have increased. Cheese breads and sour cassava starch biscuits are examples of gluten free baked products widely consumed in Brazil, however, these products have problems related to starch retrogradation, in other words, a very rapid staling in the case of baked products and the cheese breads marketed as frozen dough are susceptible to release of water (syneresis). Thus, the objective of this study was to develop a anti-staling premix able to increase freeze-thaw stability of gluten free baked products (cheese bread and sour cassava starch biscuits) without interfere negatively on the expansion property of these products. Binary and ternary mixtures were prepared using native cassava starch and oxidized cassava starch ranging the type of gum (guar, locust, xanthan and carrageenan) and the concentration used (2, 4 and 6 %). Mixtures using the acid modified cassava starch instead of oxidized cassava starch were also tested, but in this case using only guar gum at concentrations of 2, 4 and 6 %. The mixtures were evaluated for freeze-thaw stability and expansion property and the results were compared with those obtained for sour cassava starch (PA) native cassava starch (N), oxidized cassava starch (O) and acid modified cassava starch (A). The binary and ternary mixtures with better results and samples PA, N and O were evaluated for technological properties (pasting properties, swelling power and solubility and paste clarity), thermal properties (Differential Scanning Calorimetry - DSC), structural properties (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy - FTIR) and crystalline properties (X-ray diffraction); moreover, cheese breads were prepared with these samples and the staling of these products was evaluated (hardness parameter in texturometer and crumb moisture content). The mixture made with the native cassava starch, oxidized cassava starch and guar gum at a concentration of 4 % (MNO+GG 4 %) showed the best results of syneresis (loss of 4,87; 7,79 and 11 % in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd freeze-thaw cycle, respectively) compared with the other samples and the low retrogradation of this sample was confirmed by DSC analysis (enthalpy of retrogradation was non-existent) and FTIR (sample separated from others by principal component analysis - PCA). The expansion property of MNO GG+4 % sample was high (> 10 mL.g-1) and the cheese breads developed with this sample had a later staling compared with other samples, with lower hardness after 24 and 30 h of storage (23.71 and 29.59 N, respectively) and a wetter crumb (38.8 and 37.07%, respectively). These results indicate the possibility of using the premix MNO+GG 4% in gluten free baked products in place of sour cassava starch and/or native cassava starch. / O desenvolvimento de produtos livres de glúten está se tornando cada vez mais importante uma vez que o número de pessoas celíacas tem aumentado. Pães de queijo e biscoitos de polvilho são exemplos de produtos panificados livres de glúten consumidos em território brasileiro, porém, estes produtos possuem problemas relacionados com a retrogradação do amido, ou seja, um envelhecimento muito rápido no caso de produtos assados e os pães de queijo comercializados na forma de massa congelada estão susceptíveis à liberação de água (sinérese). Dessa forma, o objetivo do presente trabalho foi desenvolver uma pré-mistura capaz de retardar o envelhecimento e aumentar a estabilidade ao congelamento-descongelamento de produtos panificados livres de glúten (pães de queijo e biscoitos de polvilho), além de não interferir negativamente na propriedade de expansão dos mesmos. Misturas binárias e ternárias foram elaboradas utilizando-se o amido de mandioca nativo e o amido de mandioca oxidado variando-se o tipo de goma (guar, locusta, xantana e carragena) e a concentração utilizada (2, 4 e 6 %). Misturas utilizando o amido de mandioca ácido modificado ao invés do amido de mandioca oxidado também foram testadas, mas neste caso utilizando somente a goma guar nas concentrações de 2, 4 e 6 %. As misturas foram avaliadas quanto à estabilidade a ciclos de congelamento-descongelamento e propriedade de expansão e os resultados foram comparados com os obtidos para o polvilho azedo (PA), amido de mandioca nativo (N), amido de mandioca oxidado (O) e amido de mandioca ácido modificado (A). As misturas binárias e ternárias com melhores resultados e as amostras PA, N e O foram avaliadas quanto às propriedades tecnológicas (propriedade de pasta, poder de intumescimento e solubilidade, e claridade de pasta), térmicas (calorimetria exploratória diferencial - DSC), estruturais (Espectroscopia de infravermelho por transformada de Fourier - FTIR) e cristalinas (difração de raios X); além disso, foram elaborados pães de queijo com essas amostras e o envelhecimento dos mesmos foi avaliado (parâmetro dureza em texturômetro e teor de umidade dos miolos). A mistura feita com o amido de mandioca nativo, amido de mandioca oxidado e goma guar na concentração de 4 % (MNO+GG 4 %) apresentou os melhores resultados de sinérese (perdas de 4,87; 7,79 e 11 % no 1º, 2º e 3º ciclo de congelamento-descongelamento, respectivamente) em comparação com as demais amostras e a baixa retrogradação desta amostra foi confirmada pela análise de DSC (entalpia de retrogradação foi inexistente) e FTIR (amostra separada das demais pela análise de componentes principais – PCA). A propriedade de expansão da amostra MNO+GG 4 % foi considerada elevada (>10 mL.g-1) e os pães de queijo desenvolvidos com esta amostra tiveram um envelhecimento mais tardio em relação as demais amostras, apresentando menor dureza após 24 e 30 h de armazenamento (23,71 e 29,59 N, respectivamente) e um miolo mais úmido (38,8 e 37,07 %, respectivamente). Esses resultados indicam a possibilidade de utilização da pré-mistura MNO+GG 4 % em produtos panificados livres de glúten, em substituição do polvilho azedo e/ou amido de mandioca nativo.

Orientador: Mauro William Barbosa de Almeida / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T00:12:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rizzi_Roberta_M.pdf: 18340321 bytes, checksum: b817805283516b5ae28caa25d1bfccb9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Este é um estudo sobre a mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz.) e seu principal derivado, a farinha de mandioca. A farinha de mandioca é o principal item da dieta alimentar da população não-indígena no Alto Juruá no Estado do Acre onde o estudo foi realizado. O estudo apóia-se na pesquisa etnobotânica e etnográfica perto da cidade de Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre) e na Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá (também no Acre), complementada pela pesquisa bibliográfica e pelo emprego de técnicas visuais. A mandioca é cultivada em todo o Brasil e mundo, e é representada por um grande número de variedades. Ela constitui um dos mais importantes acessos para a compreensão das relações entre pessoas e o ambiente nas localidades estudadas. Há contudo lógicas diferentes operando no universo da farinha de mandioca nas duas localidades: 1) no regime de circulação da farinha - farinha como mercadoria em Cruzeiro do Sul, farinha como parte da economia doméstica e da economia reciprocidade de vizinhos na reserva; 2) na tecnologia - diferentes processos de fabricação da farinha, instrumentação e casas de farinha; 3) no gosto e predileção das diferentes farinhas e 4) nos cultivares - diferentes variedades de mandioca plantadas e utilizadas. A utilização de diferentes perspectivas - da botânica, da antropologia e da antropologia visual, assim como a realização de um documentário etnográfico, contribui de alguma forma para o diálogo entre as diferentes disciplinas / Abstract: This is a study on cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.) and on its main use in the Upper Jurua River (Brazil): the farinha de mandioca, or cassava flour. The farinha de mandioca is the main dietary item of the non-indigenous population in the upper Juruá. The study is based on ethnobotanical and ethnographic research carried out in Cruzeiro do Sul and in the Upper Jurua Extractive Reserve (in State of Acre), as well as on bibliographic research and by visual techniques. Manioc is grown all over Brazil and in several areas across the world, and is represented by a great number of varieties. It is one of the most important accesses to an understanding of the relationships between people and the environment in the areas under study. There are however here logics at work in the farinha universe in the two areas: (1) in the regime of circulation of farinha (as a commodity in Cruzeiro do Sul, and as part of the domestic economy and of the reciprocity network among neighbors in the Reserve); (2) in its technology (there are distinct processes of production, different tools and different farinha houses; (3) in tastes and preferences for different styles of farinha; (4) and in the varieties of cassava planted and consumed. The use of distinct perspectives -- ethnobotanical, anthropological and visual -- may also contribute to a possible dialogue between these approaches / Mestrado / Antropologia Rural / Mestre em Antropologia Social

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:22:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Thaisa Anders Carvalho Souza.pdf: 2450969 bytes, checksum: 96a1e35514fbf17aedfa8fc3705b6ae4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-28 / This study aimed to verify the microbiological safety of solid waste from cassava starch (peel and bagasse), with different times of storage at room temperature with and without chemical treatment and apply peels and dried cassava bagasse in the formulation of gluten-free cake mixes substituting rice flour. The pH values ranged from 5.3 to 4.3 in fresh cassava peel, while the cassava peel sanitized between 5.6 and 4.4. The pH values ranged from 5.24 to 5.92 on fresh cassava bagasse, while in the acidified cassava bagasse these values were between 4.7 and 5.5. The time significantly influenced the pH values of all samples of peel and cassava bagasse during storage at room temperature. None of the samples of flour and cake analyzed was detected Salmonella, and counting of Bacillus cereus, Clostridium sp. and fecal coliform (45 °C). There were only counts of coliforms, yeasts and molds in peel flour and cassava bagasse flour. All instrumental parameters of color, pH and moisture of the samples of rice flour, peel flour and cassava bagasse flour, showed differences. The rice flour had become clearer, with less red and yellow color when compared to the peel flour and cassava bagasse flour. The pH differed among the three flours, being the pH of the rice flour larger than those observed in flours of peel and cassava bagasse. The moisture content of rice flour was lower than the peel flour and cassava bagasse flour. The flours of peel and cassava bagasse showed higher contents of ash, total dietary fiber, soluble and insoluble fiber and lower protein and carbohydrates, in addition to the total energy. The specific volumes of experimental cakes made with rice flour and cassava peel flour did not differ in any treatment, already in those made with cassava bagasse flour, treatments with 75% and 100% substitution of rice flour by cassava bagasse flour differed from other treatments. The crumbs of cakes tended to stain darker with increasing levels of replacement of rice flour by peel flour and cassava bagasse flour. In relation to moisture all the cakes made with experimental flours were different, except the cake without replacement and with 25% substitution of rice flour with cassava bagasse flour. The performance index also tended to increase proportionately to the increase levels of replacement of rice flour by flour of peel and cassava bagasse flour. The ash, lipids and total and insoluble dietary fibers tended to increase in the cakes with replacement of rice flour by peel flour and cassava bagasse flour, carbohydrates, protein and total energy were lower in cakes with increasing replacement of flour waste. All experimental cakes exceeded the cutoff point (score 6) for acceptance testing in sensorial analysis. Cassava peel sanitized and acidified cassava bagasse can be considered safe for use as an ingredient (flour) in the formulation of food products, especially those who suffer heat treatment. The results obtained in the formulations of the cakes were adequate, since they showed satisfactory results in relation to the physical, nutritional, microbiological safety and sensory characteristics. / Este trabalho objetivou verificar a segurança microbiológica dos resíduos sólidos de fecularia de mandioca (cascas e bagaço), com diferentes tempos de armazenamento a temperatura ambiente com e sem tratamento químico e aplicar as cascas e bagaço de mandioca desidratados na formulação de misturas de bolos sem glúten em substituição a farinha de arroz. Os valores de pH variaram entre 5,3 a 4,3 na casca de mandioca in natura, enquanto na casca de mandioca sanitizada entre 5,6 e 4,4. Os valores de pH variaram entre 5,24 a 5,92 no bagaço de mandioca in natura, enquanto no bagaço de mandioca acidificado estes valores ficaram entre 4,7 e 5,5. O tempo influenciou significativamente os valores de pH de todas as amostras de casca e de bagaço de mandioca durante o armazenamento a temperatura ambiente. Em nenhuma das amostras de farinhas e de bolos avaliadas foi detectada presença de Salmonella sp, e contagem de Bacilus cereus, Clostridium sp. e coliformes termotolerantes (45 °C). Apenas verificaram-se contagens de coliformes totais e bolores e leveduras nas farinhas de cascas e de bagaço de mandioca. Todos os parâmetros instrumentais de cor, o pH e a umidade das amostras de farinha de arroz, farinha de casca de mandioca e farinha de bagaço de mandioca, apresentaram diferenças. A farinha de arroz apresentou-se mais clara, com coloração menos avermelhada e amarelada, quando comparada às farinhas de casca e de bagaço de mandioca. O pH diferiu entre as três farinhas, sendo o pH da farinha de arroz maior que o observado nas farinhas de casca e de bagaço de mandioca. A umidade da farinha de arroz foi menor que as das farinhas de casca de mandioca e de bagaço de mandioca. As farinhas de casca e de bagaço de mandioca apresentaram teores superiores de cinzas, fibras alimentares total, solúvel e insolúvel e inferiores de proteínas e carboidratos, além do valor energético total. Os volumes específicos dos bolos experimentais formulados com farinha de arroz e farinha de casca de mandioca não diferiram em nenhum dos tratamentos, já nos formulados com farinha de bagaço de mandioca, os tratamentos com 75% e 100% de substituição da farinha de arroz pela farinha de bagaço de mandioca diferiram dos demais tratamentos. Os miolos dos bolos apresentaram tendência à coloração mais escura, com o aumento dos níveis de substituição da farinha de arroz pela farinha de casca e de bagaço de mandioca. Em relação à umidade todos os bolos experimentais formulados com as farinhas apresentaram diferença, exceto o bolo sem substituição e com 25% de substituição de farinha de arroz por farinha de bagaço de mandioca. O índice de rendimento também apresentou tendência a aumentar proporcionalmente ao aumento dos níveis de substituição de farinha de arroz por farinha de casca e de bagaço de mandioca. As cinzas, os lipídeos e as fibras alimentares total e insolúvel apresentaram tendência de aumentar nos bolos com substituição de farinha de arroz pela farinha de casca e de bagaço de mandioca, já os carboidratos, proteínas e o valor energético total apresentaram valores inferiores nos bolos com o aumento da substituição das farinhas dos resíduos. Todos os bolos experimentais superaram o ponto de corte (escore 6) para o teste de aceitação na análise sensorial. A casca de mandioca sanitizada e o bagaço de mandioca acidificado podem ser considerados seguros para utilização como ingrediente (farinha) em formulações de produtos alimentícios, principalmente aqueles que sofrerão tratamento térmico. Os resultados obtidos nas formulações dos bolos foram adequados, uma vez que estes apresentaram resultados satisfatórios em relação às características físicas, valor nutricional, segurança microbiológica e características sensoriais.

Orientador: Célia Maria Landi Franco / Banca: Magali Leonel / Banca: Mieko Kimura / Resumo: O tratamento ácido-alcoólico tem sido proposto para modificar a estrutura do grânulo de amido e obter a máxima conversão de amido nativo em amido solúvel. Este amido modificado torna-se frágil quando submetido à moagem em moinho de bola produzindo pequenos cristais que podem ser usados como substitutos de gordura. Neste trabalho, características físico-químicas, estruturais e morfológicas de amidos tratados com ácido-etanol (0,36% HCl em etanol anidro por 1 e 12 h a 30, 40 e 50oC) submetidos ou não a moagem em moinho de bola por 1 h foram analisados e comparados. A recuperação dos amidos foi alta atingindo em média 98%, independente do tempo e temperatura de tratamento. A solubilidade aumentou com o aumento da temperatura e tempo de tratamento e os amidos tratados a 40oC/12h e 50oC/12h tornaram-se totalmente solúveis a 95oC. O tamanho médio dos grânulos de amido de mandioca reduziu com o aumento do tempo e da temperatura de modificação, passando de 25,2 mm para 20,0 mm após 12 h de tratamento a 50oC. A moagem reduziu o tamanho médio dos grânulos de amido nativo e daqueles submetidos a tratamentos ácido-alcoólicos mais brandos (1 h a 30 ou 40oC), enquanto o tamanho médio dos grânulos tratados por 12 h, independente da temperatura, permaneceu inalterado. Os grânulos de amido de mandioca, observados em microscópio eletrônico de varredura, apresentaram forma arredondada e após tratamento com ácido-álcool a 50oC por 12h antes e após moagem, mostraram superfície áspera e rugosa sugerindo erosão com conseqüente solubilização das camadas mais externas dos grânulos. Alguns grânulos mostraramse disformes sugerindo gelatinização parcial que foi mais intensa após moagem. O índice de cristalinidade relativa (IC) dos amidos, determinados por difração de raios- X, aumentou quanto maior o tempo e temperatura de tratamento, enquanto o teor de amilose... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Acid-alcohol treatment has been proposed to modify starch granule structure and obtain maximum conversion of raw starch into soluble starch. Acid-alcohol starch becomes fragile when submitted to the milling in ball mill producing small crystals, which can be used as fat substitute. In this work, physicochemical, structural and morphological characteristics of acid-ethanol cassava starch (0,36% HCl in anhydrous ethanol during 1 and 12 h at 30, 40 e 50oC) followed by milling in ball milling for 1 h were analyzed and compared. The recovery of the modified starches was high reaching 98% independent of time and temperature. The solubility increased with increasing of the treatment temperature and time, and after 1 h at 50ºC the modified starch became totally soluble to 95ºC. The average size of the cassava starch granules decreased with increasing of the treatment time and temperature from 25.2 µm to 20.0 µm after 12 hours of treatment at 50ºC. The milling decreased the average size of the native starch granules and those submitted to milder treatments (1 h at 30 or 40oC), while the average size of the starch granules treated for 12 h, independent of temperature, kept unchanged. From scanning electron microscopy, the native cassava starch granules presented round shape and smooth surface. After acid-ethanol treatment at 50oC for 1h, before and after milling, the granules displayed rough and exfoliated surfaces suggesting erosion with solubilization of the outer layer of the granules. Some granules treated at 50oC during 12 h showed deformed surfaces suggesting partial gelatinization of the starch that was more intense after milling. Relative crystalline index (CI) of the starches, determined from X-ray diffraction, increased with increasing of the treatment time and temperature, while the amylose content, intrinsic viscosity and pasting viscosities decreased... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre