M Desai, Nandakumar and Siose, Tanuela and Md. Kader, Abdul (2018) Comparative organoleptic and gross margin analysis of taro and sweet potato in Samoa. [Conference Proceedings]
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Abstract
Production and marketing data for taro (Colocasia esculenta) and sweet potato (Ipomea batatas) grown using manual labor in Samoa was analysed. Results indicate sweet potato is 1958 M.hr (equivalent to WST15,398) relative to taro which is 480 M.hr (WST8,170) labour and capital intensive. This structured labour and capital use gross margin, returns per M.hr and B:C ratio recorded relatively higher values for sweet potato than for taro. Higher percentage of carbohydrate, moisture, protein and fat in sweet potato organoleptic profile indicate its possible use in weeny food preparation.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Organoleptic, Gross Margin, Analysis, Returns per Labour |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) > School of Agriculture and Food Technology |
| Depositing User: | Nandakumar Desai |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2025 23:35 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2025 23:44 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/11046 |
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