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compared to the traditional dawadawa. I discovered a more significant challenger to traditional dawadawa, the soybean version. Soybeans, soybean dawadawa, and commercial bouillon dawadawa cubes were consistently available in the market year round whereas traditional dawadawa was not available throughout the year. Seasonality was a limiting factor for P. biglobosa products. An overabundance of P. biglobosa products was available in April and May during fruit maturation and local harvest of the seedpods. The supply diminished the remainder of the year while in certain months, zuini and dawadawa were completely unavailable. Traditional dawadawa preparation is more costly and demanding of resources than soybean preparation, either in time used for collecting wood or money spent to buy wood. Long hours are required to remove the hard seed coat compared with the thin testa of the soybeans. Collectively, people preferred the traditional dawadawa even though traditional version was not available throughout the year. Soybean dawadawa is equally nutritious compared the traditional dawadawa. Both versions are rich in fat, amino acids, and an important supplement to the local diet. Dawadawa is used extensively throughout West Africa with studies reporting consumption of dawadawa constituting up to ten percent of the main meals. The difference in the cost of seeds was negligible between zuini and soybeans. Although the introduction of soybeans was relatively recent in Kandiga, an extensive study of increased soybean cultivation and rapid adoption of utilization in Nigeria by Sanginga et al (1999) may predict the acceptance and adoption of soybeans in northern Ghana. The adoption rates in Nigeria rose from 9% of farmers in 1989 to 75% in 1997. Soybeans 96
may replace P. biglobosa seeds as raw material for dawadawa. However, soybeans cannot replace all the benefits obtained from P. biglobosa. My conclusion is that people still regard P. biglobosa as an important natural local resource. Only under dire economic circumstances are farmers compelled to destroy the trees. Some farmers believe that cutting the tree is taboo and violates traditional religion. The considerable benefits from the tree may be the foundation for this belief. P. biglobosa usually is protected on farmlands, though the present deteriorating economic situation and poverty force some farmers to sacrifice the tree for charcoal or firewood. The immediate and somewhat desperate needs outweigh the long term and diverse value of trees and P. biglobosa as a resource. Nevertheless, the people of Kandiga still regard P. biglobosa as a valuable resource. The tree provides financial benefits, and the many diverse uses and traditional regard still have enormous value. The solution is not only to discourage destruction of the trees but also to encourage active management practices that farmers can employ without large monetary cost. 97
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compared to the traditional dawadawa. I discovered a more significant challenger to<br />
traditional dawadawa, the soybean version. Soybeans, soybean dawadawa, and<br />
commercial bouillon dawadawa cubes were consistently available in the market year<br />
round whereas traditional dawadawa was not available throughout the year.<br />
Seasonality was a limiting factor for P. <strong>biglobosa</strong> products. An overabundance <strong>of</strong><br />
P. <strong>biglobosa</strong> products was available in April and May during fruit maturation and local<br />
harvest <strong>of</strong> the seedpods. The supply diminished the remainder <strong>of</strong> the year while in<br />
certain months, zuini and dawadawa were completely unavailable. Traditional<br />
dawadawa preparation is more costly and demanding <strong>of</strong> resources than soybean<br />
preparation, either in time used for collecting wood or money spent to buy wood. Long<br />
hours are required to remove the hard seed coat compared with the thin testa <strong>of</strong> the<br />
soybeans. Collectively, people preferred the traditional dawadawa even though<br />
traditional version was not available throughout the year.<br />
Soybean dawadawa is equally nutritious compared the traditional dawadawa.<br />
Both versions are rich in fat, amino acids, and an important supplement to the local diet.<br />
Dawadawa is used extensively throughout West Africa with studies reporting<br />
consumption <strong>of</strong> dawadawa constituting up to ten percent <strong>of</strong> the main meals. The<br />
difference in the cost <strong>of</strong> seeds was negligible between zuini and soybeans. Although the<br />
introduction <strong>of</strong> soybeans was relatively recent in Kandiga, an extensive study <strong>of</strong><br />
increased soybean cultivation and rapid adoption <strong>of</strong> utilization in Nigeria by Sanginga et<br />
al (1999) may predict the acceptance and adoption <strong>of</strong> soybeans in northern Ghana. The<br />
adoption rates in Nigeria rose from 9% <strong>of</strong> farmers in 1989 to 75% in 1997. Soybeans<br />
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