Tài nguyên được gắn thẻ với: West Africa

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  1. Nutritious Products: Fighting Food Insecurity with Indigenous Plants

    In Niger, a social enterprise is using local plants that are resistant to the arid climate of the Sahel to produce nutritious food. The result is better incomes for farmers and a preserved environment. The nutritional value of the leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds of some 15 wild plants are being...
    NUS Underutilized Crops Nutritional Value Nutrition West Africa

  2. Dynamic Plantations: Intraspecific Variability in Growth of Five Varieties of Ziziphus Mauritiana (Pomme du Sahel) and Development Trajectories in the Sahelian Region of Niger

    Abstract,International Journal Of Current Engineering Sciences, 2017 Natural resources play a crucial role in terms of socio-economic life of people, especially in rural areas. In order to improve the living conditions of these populations, agro-forestry initiatives have been undertaken. In...
    Pomme du Sahel Jujubier West Africa West Africa

  3. Effect of Traditional Fermentation Process on the Nutrient and Anti-nutrient Content of Maize and African Locust Beans

    Abstract,Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Research, 2019 The nutrient content of cereals and legumes are not readily bioavailable due to the presence of anti-nutrients in them. This study examined the effect of traditional fermentation process on the proximate nutritional composition...
    Maize Locust Bean East Africa West Africa

  4. Yeasts Biotechnologies Application and Their Involving in African Traditional Fermented Foods and Beverages

    Abstract, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 2019 Fermentation is an oldest method of food preservation and food nutritional value improving. It involves the concomitant action of one or more microorganisms, and yeasts are the one which play a significant role in African...
    East Africa West Africa

  5. Managing Vegetable Nematodes - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Nematodes are dreadful worms that live in the soil and in the roots of many different crops and weeds. Nematodes are easier to prevent than to control. The secret is to: grow healthy seedlings; destroy all sources of nematodes in and near your vegetable field;...
    Nematodes IPM Integrated Pest Ma... AccessAgriculture West Africa

  6. RURAL SOLUTIONS - Pastoral Units in Senegal

    Rural Solutions is a video series that highlights solutions to specific challenges that are common in rural areas of developing countries. As natural resources become more scarce, herders who migrate seasonally have to travel long distances to find water and grazing land. Here is a solution to...
    Pastoralist West Africa

  7. Senegalese Farmers Now Buying Less Rice

    Yields barely lasted three months for rice-producing households of Ngoungoul, a village located about 250 Kilometers to the South of the capital, Dakar. The conventional rice cultivation methods did not only require more water, seeds, and fertilizers, the harvest often fell short of expectation....
    West Africa

  8. Potentially Important Food Plants of Cameroon

    01-01-2021 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Cameroon. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are very...
    West Africa

  9. Shea Nut

    17-10-2018 The arid region directly south of the Sahara Desert (the Sahel), which stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia, has limited sources of fats and oils. Dairy products from cows and sheep are scarce and traditional oilseed crops are few. This is problematic for human health since fats and oils contain...
    Shea Butter Shea Nuts Shea Market Opportunities Linking to Markets West Africa

  10. Validity of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale for Use in Sub-Saharan Africa and Characteristics of Food-Insecure Individuals

    Abstract,Current Developments in Nutrition, 2018 Background The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) is a UN FAO—Voices of the Hungry project (FAO-VoH) metric of food insecurity (FI). The FAO-VoH tested the psychometric properties of FIES with the use of global 2014 Gallup World Poll (GWP)...
    Food Insecure East Africa West Africa