1. 01/01/2008 Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) is a drought tolerant legume used as forage for livestock or as food for people (seeds are roasted, cooked into porridge or ground for use in bread). The plant thrives in poor soil, drought or flooding.
  2. 20/01/2009 Porridges are made by boiling traditional starchy foods such as cornmeal, rice, oatmeal, potato, or ground sorghum in water. However, it can be difficult for infants to swallow. Enzymes in malted barley flour (germinated barley seeds that have been carefully dried and ground into a powder) can...
  3. 01/04/2010 ECHO emphasizes the many benefits of growing perennial vegetables. By this we mean vegetables that are planted once and eaten from for years. The benefits are many and can be especially helpful to the families of PLWHA, who have diminished labor availability and perhaps less land and money to...
  4. 20/10/2010 Tim Tanner shared some details about how he and his family have cooked and eaten moringa seed pods.
  5. 12/04/2017 Dr Brian Hilton a étudié et fait la promotion des cultures biofortifiées pendant plus de 20 ans. Brian a travaillé en tant que membre d'une équipe testant les premières variétés de patate douce orange au Mozambique en 2002. Il a 25 ans d'expérience de travail parmi des agriculteurs en Indonésie,...
  6. 06/10/2015
  7. 04/12/2012 Human eating behaviors vary widely with the resources available and beliefs about which types of foods lead to good health. This talk will address ways to evaluate the resources, beliefs, and nutritional health of communities. In addition, the situations in which the addition of Moringa oleifera...
  8. The most intuitive linkage between agriculture and nutrition is food production – but the relationship goes far beyond. Agriculture not only supplies food but it is the basis of the livelihoods of millions of men and women around the world. In collaboration with USAID and other implementing...
  9. After three years of INGENAES activities, we have seenexciting achievements in empowering and engaging women and men smallholder farmers.Themany, diverse successes came out ofbuilding robust gender-responsive and nutrition-sensitive institutions, strengthening existing programs and projects to...
  10. 23/10/2017 Au cours des dernières années, une attention accrue a été accordée aux liens essentiels entre l'agriculture et la nutrition. Êtes-vous intéressé à apprendre et à discuter des moyens de tirer parti des pratiques agricoles - que ce soit pour les jardins familiaux, les champs de production ou les...