Abstract 482

Senez,-JC; Raimbault,-M; Deschamps,-F

Lab. Chimie Bacterienne, CNRS, Marseilles, France.

Food-and-Nutrition-Bulletin. 1983, Suppl. 7, 52-61; 10 ref.

Trials on a pilot scale were of solid-state fermentation of cassava or other starchy material with a selected strain of Aspergillus niger using a 1200-litre bread-making blender modified for the purpose. The method was simple, cheap and non-aseptic, applicable to farm or village, and produced feedstuffs for direct feeding of animals. The feedstuffs had up to 20% protein and 35% residual sugars. Banana refuse, whole potato and potato waste and other substrates could be used also. On the basis of 40 tons/ha harvest weight, cassava or potato could provide 3 times more protein than soya beans and compete favourably with maize, wheat and soya beans.