Ngoh Newilah Gérard, Kendine Vepowo Cédric, Takam Ngouno Annie, Bouniol Alexandre, Rolland-Sabaté Agnès, Meli Meli Vivien, Yong Lemoumoum Judéon Socrates, Forsythe Lora, Dufour Dominique, Fliedel Geneviève
University of Dschang PO Box 96 Dschang Cameroon.
Centre Africain de Recherches sur Bananiers et Plantains (CARBAP) PO Box 832 Douala Cameroon.
Int J Food Sci Technol. 2021 Mar;56(3):1135-1147. doi: 10.1111/ijfs.14812. Epub 2020 Oct 13.
This study aimed at understanding users' demand for raw and boiled plantains in rural and urban areas in West and Littoral regions of Cameroon. Surveys conducted in eight rural localities consisted of key informant interviews, gender-disaggregated focus group discussions, market and individual interviews. Processing and cooking diagnoses were done with restaurant cooks in urban areas, to know the details of plantain processing and boiling and to understand the quality characteristics of raw plantain that give a most-liked boiled plantain. Local favourite landraces, most cultivated landraces in Cameroon ( and ) and a new CARBAP/CIRAD hybrid () were used. The preference for plantain cultivars was both gender and region-dependent. High-quality plantain should be mature, with big fingers and having a dark green peel colour. The fruit length and girth, pulp pH, dry matter content and firmness were found to be relevant postharvest quality characteristics for plantain breeding improvement.
本研究旨在了解喀麦隆西部和滨海地区农村及城市地区用户对生香蕉和煮香蕉的需求。在八个农村地区进行的调查包括关键 informant 访谈、按性别分类的焦点小组讨论、市场和个人访谈。与城市地区的餐厅厨师进行了加工和烹饪诊断，以了解香蕉加工和煮沸的细节，并了解能做出最受欢迎煮香蕉的生香蕉的品质特征。使用了当地最受欢迎的地方品种、喀麦隆种植最多的地方品种（以及）和一种新的 CARBAP/CIRAD 杂交品种（）。对香蕉品种的偏好因性别和地区而异。优质香蕉应该成熟，手指粗大，果皮颜色深绿。发现果实长度和周长、果肉pH值、干物质含量和硬度是香蕉育种改良相关的采后品质特征。
