Abstract

ARGOTE VEGA, FRANCISCO E; BETANCOURT MOSQUERA, ALEJANDRA; VILLADA CASTILLO, DORA CLEMENCIA  and  UPEGUI GOMEZ, OLAF HERNANDO. GRAIN STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF INDIGENOUS ANCESTRAL IN THE SHELTER OF GUAMBÍA SILVIA-CAUCA. Rev.Bio.Agro [online]. 2010, vol.8, n.2, pp.17-24. ISSN 1692-3561.

The main target of the present work, was to improve the conditions of conservation and storage of ancestral grains of Quinua, Chachafruto and Amaranto, as well the agro-industrial product elaboration from flours. Initially the guambiana population characterized itself, in productive aspects of the cultures and land industrialization of the raw materials in mention. Later gualifications to 70 communitarian leaders were developed, on the handling pos harvests {prepararon and storage ofgrains), process ofobtaining of flours, and finally the product elaboration. The methodology used in the gualifications and technical attendance was the one of "learn doing". The practice lasted of eight months, time in which each one of the phases of the project were developed. As excellent results were obtained, the adoption of post technigues reaps and preparation of grains in the operations of desaponificación, redistribution of storage warehouse, implementation of grain sized analyses, flour obtaining according to norms NTC271, product diversification from the obtained flours, which were: achucha, taps, bread, cakes, pies, arequipe, round maize loaves, pasties and custard. The investigation developed in the design and elaboration of products was with participating approach, eradle in the dialogue ofknow, and the degree ofacceptance of products became by means of sensorial evaluation. To sum up to previous the proposal it generated economic and social benefits

Keywords : Ancestral; Grains; Products.

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