Abstract

Small scale salt extraction is, since times immemorial, an essential after-harvest occupation of Guinea's coastal population. The peasants of the area obtain a substantial part of their income from producing and supplying the market with a widely saught after good quality salt. The salt is produced by a method specific to this area namely the evaporation of a brine obtained through laving with seawater the salt-rich muds formed by mangroves along the coast. This project will improve salt production methods, particularly the procedure of laving the mud and perfecting the evaporation process. Improvements will lead to an increase in productivity, better quality, reduction in salt importation, and an increase in income of those employed in this activity who are mainly women.

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