This paper analyses the link between gender differences and different activities along the cowpea value chain as well as food security and asset-based poverty using a recent cross-sectional data set of over 120 farm households in Eastern Zambia. We used the endogenous switching probit regression ...
Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Tegbaru, A.
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Alamu, E.O.
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Khonje, M.
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Manda, J.
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Gaya, H.
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[Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia]
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Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia
Alamu, E.O.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Menkir, A.
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Olaofe, O.
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[Effects of husk and harvesting time on provitamin A activity and sensory properties of boiled fresh orange maize hybrids]
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Effects of husk and harvesting time on provitamin A activity and sensory properties of boiled fresh orange maize hybrids
This study evaluated the effects of harvesting time and husk on the proximate composition of boiled orange maize hybrids. Eight fresh orange maize hybrids were boiled with and without intact husk at 100oC using atmospheric cooking method and evaluated for proximate components. The results of anal...
Alamu, E.O.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Olaofe, O.
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Menkir, A.
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[Evaluation of harvesting time and husk effects on retention of nutritional properties of boiled fresh orange maize hybrids]
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Evaluation of harvesting time and husk effects on retention of nutritional properties of boiled fresh orange maize hybrids
The present study evaluated the effects of physical characteristics and harvesting time on the overall likeness of roasted fresh yellow maize hybrids. Freshly harvested cobs from eight biofortified yellow maize hybrids, at three harvesting time (20, 27 and 34 days after pollination (DAP)), were u...
Alamu, E.O.
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Bussie, M.D.
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Olorunfemi, O.
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Abebe, M.
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[Varietal and harvesting time effects on physical characteristics and sensory properties of roasted fresh yellow maize hybrids]
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Varietal and harvesting time effects on physical characteristics and sensory properties of roasted fresh yellow maize hybrids
The nutritional benefits of grain legumes such as cowpea and soybean in sub-Saharan Africa have not been fully utilized to alleviate problem of protein-malnutrition in this region. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the nutritional properties and sensory evaluation of snack food made from h...
Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Alamu, E.O.
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Popoola, I.O.
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Yomeni, M.
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[Nutritional and sensory properties: snack food made from high-quality cassava flour and legume blend]
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Nutritional and sensory properties: snack food made from high-quality cassava flour and legume blend
Maize has been targeted as one of the major crops for provitamin enrichment and delivery because it is an inexpensive and easily available source of food for millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Although tropical-adapted yellow maize contains provitamin-A carotenoids that can be converted in...
Menkir, A.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Mengesha, W.
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Rocheford, T.
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Alamu, E.O.
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[Accruing genetic gain in pro-vitamin A enrichment from harnessing diverse maize germplasm]
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Accruing genetic gain in pro-vitamin A enrichment from harnessing diverse maize germplasm
Twenty-two genotypes of deep yellow fleshed D. dumetorum were analysed for carotenoids using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and for similarities in their provitamin A characteristics using Cluster Analysis (CA). The contribution of each carotenoid to provitamin A content was invest...
Alamu, E.O.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Ferede-Menkir, R.
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Popoola, I.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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[Characterization and classification of the provitamin A carotenoids of deep yellow-fleshed bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) varieties]
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Characterization and classification of the provitamin A carotenoids of deep yellow-fleshed bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) varieties
In-depth information on dietary diversity and food consumption patterns in Zambian households is still scarce. This study, therefore, probed dietary intakes of mothers and their children living in households of two Zambian districts, Chipata and Monze, located in the eastern and southern province...
Alamu, E.O.
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Gondwe, T.
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Eyinla, T.E.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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[Assessment of dietary diversity of mothers and children of 6-24 months from eastern and southern provinces of Zambia]
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Assessment of dietary diversity of mothers and children of 6-24 months from eastern and southern provinces of Zambia
Bananas are important staples in tropical and sub-tropical regions and their potential as a source of provitamin A has recently attracted attention for biofortification. A collection of 189 banana genotypes (AAB-plantains, M. acuminata cultivars and bred hybrids) was screened to determine variabi...
Amah, D.
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Alamu, E.O.
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Adesokan, M.
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Biljon, A. van
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Swennen, R.
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Labuschagne, M.
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[Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification]
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Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification
Chinchin has been identified to be one the favoured food items and a much-relished pastry which has been eaten as dessert or snack. This study aimed at evaluating the nutritional quality and organoleptic properties of black-pepper enriched Chinchin produced from plantain-tigernuts composite flour...
Adelekan, E.O.
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Adegunwa, M.O.
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Adebowale, A.A.
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Bakare, H.A.
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Alamu, E.O.
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[Quality evaluation of snack produced from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) flour blends]
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Quality evaluation of snack produced from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) flour blends