The growth potential of local chickens in Malawi was evaluated by comparing their growth
performance under cage-fed and free-range management conditions. Chicks (n = 106) were collected from
39 farmers in 19 villages and individually raised in cages from an average age of 9 weeks to 20 weeks. On...
Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Wollny, C.B.A.
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[Evaluation of the growth potential of local chickens in Malawi]
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Evaluation of the growth potential of local chickens in Malawi
Crop diversification has a long history in Africa, as a foundation for more resilient and sustainable farming systems. However, success has often been mixed. Variable weather and changing climate requires a focus on supporting farmer capacity to adapt and innovate. Participatory research and simu...
Snapp, Sieglinde S.
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Kerr, R.B.
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Smith, A.
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Ollenburger, M.H.
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Mhango, W.
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Shumba, L.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Kanyama-Phiri, G.Y.
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[Modeling and participatory farmer-led approaches to food security in a changing world: A case study from Malawi.]
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Modeling and participatory farmer-led approaches to food security in a changing world: A case study from Malawi.
The nutrient composition and safety of complementary foods have recently become areas of concern, especially with regard to aflatoxin contamination which has been found to adversely affect health outcomes. This study presents the nutrient and aflatoxin contents of complementary foods consumed by ...
Alamu, E.O.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Akello, J.
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Sakala, N.
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Munthali, G.
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Mukanga, M.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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[Nutrient and aflatoxin contents of traditional complementary foods consumed by children of 6–24 months]
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Nutrient and aflatoxin contents of traditional complementary foods consumed by children of 6–24 months
MIRACLE (“Making innovations work for smallholder farmersaffected by HIV and AIDS in southern Africa”) brings togetherkey stakeholders in operational and strategic level innovationplatforms. This paper outlines MIRACLE’s strategy forimproving livelihoods through improved production, processing,co...
Ellis-Jones, J.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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[Linking innovations systems with participatory research and extension: MIRACLE experiences from southern Africa]
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Linking innovations systems with participatory research and extension: MIRACLE experiences from southern Africa
Maize-meal porridge is commonly consumed meal for the adults as breakfast food and for the children as complementary food. Food-to-food fortification was employed in order to improve the protein content of maize-meal porridge using soy flour and local groundnut paste. The study was aimed at evalu...
Breeding new varieties can introduce compositional differences in Soybean grains which could be caused by environment and climate factors, among other factors. Thus, there was need to evaluate these differences and also to investigate the applications of these varieties for product development a...
Alamu, E.O.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Phumzile, M.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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[Assessment of nutritional characteristics of products developed using soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) pipeline and improved varieties]
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Assessment of nutritional characteristics of products developed using soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) pipeline and improved varieties
This paper examines the welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties in eastern Zambia using data from a survey of over 600 households. We use the stratification-multilevel, matching-smoothing, and smoothing-differencing methods to analyse how treatment effects vary with the propensity to adop...
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
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