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Complementary feeding still remains a challenge to many rural mothers in Uganda and Africa at large. Commercial complementary food formulae available on the market are too expensive and not easily accessible to poor people in developing co…
Complementary foods in most sub-Saharan African countries are deficient in protein, essential minerals and vitamins resulting to sub-optimal growth and increased premature deaths among children below five years of age. This calls for actio…
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an annual oil seed crop adapted to arid and saline regions of the world. It is potentially a novel food and medicine source, which has not been fully explored in the last century. Safflower’s ability …
Yoghurt is a healthy food as it contributes to alleviation of Lactose intolerance, protection against gastrointestinal infection, anti-carcinogenic effect and immune system stimulation. Integrating yoghurt with baobab pulp was hypothesised…
Childhood under nutrition during the first two years of life has been associated with irreversible harm and is linked to higher rates of morbidity, mortality, impaired cognitive ability and poor school performance in children. Low nutrient…
Smallholder cassava farmers in Uganda face a range of production and marketing challenges in the cassava value chain. Cassava processing and value addition is fronted as a viable option to alleviating challenges faced by smallholder farmer…
Plant based foods are the major staples of diets in developing countries including Tanzania. These foods contain high levels of phytates and polyphenols, the potent inhibitors of iron bioavailability. Frequent intake of these foods exposes…
The potential of Soybeans and silver fish (Mukene) to improve the protein and micronutrient content of ‘Gari’ for application in primary school feeding in rural areas was investigated in north and north eastern Uganda. Three different form…
The present paper summarizes preliminary results on the extent to which baobab fruit pulp and moringa leaf powder can be used in food to food fortification to alleviate micronutrients deficiencies among vulnerable groups in Benin. The work…
Protein energy malnutrition (PEM) accounts for 50% of the annual deaths of children under five years of age. Complementary foods for such young children should be protein efficient and nutrient dense. Compositing complementary flours with …
Indigenous chickens play an important role in African rural households particularly in improving their livelihoods. However, indigenous chicken production is characterised by low productivity due to poor management practises, particularly …
Indigenous chicken production has been recognized as an avenue to improve livelihoods of the rural households in Northern Uganda, where they provide meat, eggs and income. Venturing into commercial indigenous chickens is a pathway to meeti…
Over three-thirds of farmers in Uganda are subsistence farmers and market less than 10 percent of their output. The high cost of marketing is one of the reasons for remaining at the subsistence level. An appropriate agricultural market inf…
In Ethiopia local communities widely utilize natural resources, but local innovative knowledge on utilization of natural resource by communities usually takes long time even centuries to be implemented. Use of Aloe vera plant for hygiene a…
Fresh fruit and vegetable juices rich in health, nutritional and minerals of benefits are consumed by all age groups in Kampala, Uganda. However, exposure to microbiological contamination, light and temperature effects may occur before and…
In Ethiopia, groundnut is the second most important lowland oilseed after sesame, and has become an important high value crop grown in the dryland areas of the Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia. However its production is considerably low an…
Rural communities in Tanzania are increasingly suffering from food shortage and malnutrition. A household survey was conducted to determine the baseline situation in Maswa district, regarding production, processing and storage of orange fl…
Botswana is endowed with high diversity of both domesticated and wild plants despite its semi-aridness. The present study determined the nutritive value of diverse processed products from cooking melon (Citrullus vulgaris) with a view to u…
A breeding program for Trematocranus placodon, a Lake Malawi molluscivorous cichlid that can be used as a biological control agent of snails in schostosomiasis control programs, was initiated at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natur…
This study is designed to assess viability of Polychaete worms (Marphysa mossambica) species as potential alternative animal protein ingredients in formulation of juvenile tiger prawn (Peneaus monodon) feeds in Kenya. Specifically the stud…
The investigation on the recruitment pattern and catch per unit effort of the black tiger shrimp(Penaeus monodon) was conducted over the period of twelve months in Andoni River System, Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Total weight, length of…
Research was conducted to assess the combined effect of water flow rate and incubation egg population density on egg hatching period, hatchability, total mortality and fry survival of Oreochromis karongae. The treatments were (1) 0.09 l/se…
Lack of affordable larval diets is largely held responsible for the low survival (10-30%) and slow growth of catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fry, required for production of farmed human food fish and as bait for the Nile Perch fishery within …
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) have been introduced worldwide for aquaculture. In their novel areas, ecological impacts, arising from their benthivorous and predatory feeding behaviour, have been…
Globally, wild harvesting of polychaetes (Marphysa mossambica) as mariculture feed and bait is unsustainable and hence artificial culture provides a viable alternative. However, adoption of culture techniques developed, and consumption of …
