<p> </p><p><strong>TITLE</strong></p><p>APPROVAL………………………………………………………….i</p><p>DEDICATION …………………………………………………………….ii</p><p>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………..…………iii</p><p>TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………….………..…..……iv</p><p>ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………v</p><p><strong>

Chapter ONE

</strong></p><p>1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; INTRODUCTION …………………………….………..……….……1</p><p>1.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; AIM AND OBJECTIVE …………………….………..…..………4</p><p><strong>

Chapter TWO

</strong></p><p>2.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; LITERATURE REVIEW……………….………..…..…………..5</p><p>2.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; CASSAVA………….………..………………………..……5</p><p>2.1.2 &nbsp; MORPHOLOGY OF CASSAVA PLANT……………………………………..5</p><p>2.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; POST HARVEST PROBLEM OF CASAVA ……………………..……………9</p><p>2.2.1 &nbsp; TUBER DETERIORATION ……………..………..……………9</p><p>2.2.2 &nbsp; STORAGE PROBLEM..……………………………………10</p><p>2.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; CASSAVA PROCESSING.………………………….……10</p><p>2.4 &nbsp; &nbsp; EQUIPMENT AND MACHINES USED IN NIGERIA……………..………….14</p><p>2.4.1 &nbsp; CASSAVA GRATER…………………………….……16</p><p>2.4.2 &nbsp; MILLING MACHINE………………………….……16</p><p>2.5 &nbsp; &nbsp; SUN DRYING…………………………………..……19</p><p>2.6 &nbsp; &nbsp; FACTORS AFFECTING DRYIING OF CASSAVA CHIPS………………………….…………………20</p><p>2.7 &nbsp; &nbsp; FUNCTIONAL AND PASTING PROPERTIES OF CASSAVA FLOUR …………………….……21</p><p><strong>

Chapter THREE

</strong></p><p>3.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; MATERIALS AND METHOD …………..…………………………24</p><p>3.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PREPATRATION……………………………………………………….24</p><p>3.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; PROCESSING OF CASSAVA FLOUR FROM THE SAMPLE ………………………………………24</p><p>3.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; METHOD OF ANALYSIS..……………………………….25</p><p>3.4 &nbsp; &nbsp; WATER ABSORPTION ………………………………..26</p><p>3.5 &nbsp; &nbsp; OIL ABSORPTION……………………………………26</p><p>3.6 &nbsp; &nbsp; EMULSIFICATION CAPACITY…………..………………………..27</p><p>3.7 &nbsp; &nbsp; GELATION CAPACITY.………………………………….27</p><p>3.8 &nbsp; &nbsp; PH MEASUREMENT……………………………….28</p><p>3.9 &nbsp; &nbsp; VISCOSITY………………………………28</p><p><strong>

Chapter FOUR

</strong></p><p>4.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; RESULT AND DISCUSSION …………………………29</p><p>4.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; RESULT…………………………………………………..29</p><p>4.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; DISCUSSION ……………………………………………..30</p><p><strong>

Chapter FIVE

</strong></p><p>5.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION………………………………..30</p><p>5.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; CONCLUSION ……………………………………………30</p><p>5.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; RECOMMENDATION……………………………………………30</p><p>5.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; REFERENCES …………………………………..35</p> <br><p></p>