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Awoyale, W.Abass, A.B.Alamu, E.O.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Amaza, P.[Consumer's acceptability and willingness-to-pay for composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava roots]Consumer's acceptability and willingness-to-pay for composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava roots

Cassava contains little zinc, iron, and β-carotene, yet it is the primary staple crop of over 250 million Africans. This study used a 24-hour dietary recall to test the hypothesis that among healthy children aged 2–5 years in Nigeria and Kenya, cassava’s contribution to the childrens’ daily diets...


Gegios, A.Amthor, R.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Egesi, Chiedozie N.Mallowa, S.Nungo, R.Gichuki, S.Mbanaso, A.Manary, M.J.[Children consuming cassava as a staple food are at risk for inadequate zinc, iron, and vitamin A intake]Children consuming cassava as a staple food are at risk for inadequate zinc, iron, and vitamin A intake

Background: As one of the most widely consumed foods, bread is one of the most important agricultural products. Bread made from high-quality cassava flour is consumed in some parts of Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). The bread has no pro-vitamin S carotenoids (pVAC) due to the use of artificial colorants...


Awoyale, W.Abass, A.B.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.[Retention of pro-vitamin A carotenoid in composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava root]Retention of pro-vitamin A carotenoid in composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava root

A Nigerian-specific food and nutrient coding database was developed by adding Nigerian-specific foods, recipes, measure descriptions, and gram weights to information from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) databases used for the 1994–1996, 1998 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individual...


Day, R.S.Douglass, D.L.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.[Developing a Nigerianspecific food and nutrient coding database]Developing a Nigerianspecific food and nutrient coding database

Alamu, E.O.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Felde, T. zumKulakow, P.A.Parkes, E.Adesokan, M.[Application of Near Infra-red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) in screening of fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots for provitamin A carotenoids]Application of Near Infra-red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) in screening of fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots for provitamin A carotenoids

Effect of time of harvest of yam tubers on selected food quality characteristics was investigated to determine when yam tuber is due for harvesting. Setts from five land race varieties of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) at their post-dormant stage were planted at the beginning of the rainy season...


Akinwande, B.Asiedu, RobertAdeyemi, I.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.[Influence of time of harvest on the yield and sensory attributes of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) in Southwest Nigeria]Influence of time of harvest on the yield and sensory attributes of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) in Southwest Nigeria

Iron deficiency is estimated to affect over one-half the world population. Improving the nutritional quality of staple food crops through breeding for high bioavailable iron represents a sustainable and cost effective approach to alleviating iron malnutrition. Forty-nine late maturing tropical el...


Oikeh, S.O.Menkir, A.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Welch, R.Glahn, Raymond P.[Genotypic differences in concentration and bioavailability of kerneliron in tropical maize varieties grown under field conditions]Genotypic differences in concentration and bioavailability of kerneliron in tropical maize varieties grown under field conditions
Sanni, L.O.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Okoruwa, A.Arowosafe, B.E.Lemchi, J.Ogbe, F.Ezedinma, C.Okechukwu, R.U.Akoroda, M.O.Okoro, E.Ilona, P.Babaleye, T.Dixon, A.[Cassava utilization training for bakers, caterers, and processors in the southsouth and southeast of Nigeria]Cassava utilization training for bakers, caterers, and processors in the southsouth and southeast of Nigeria

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious and widespread public health problem in developing countries. We conducted a nationwide food consumption and nutrition survey in Nigeria to help fomulate strategies to address VAD, among other deficiencies. One objectives was to assess the vitamin A status ...


Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Akinyele, I.O.Sanusi, R.A.Oguntona, T.E.Nokoe, S.K.Harris, E.W.[Vitamin A deficiency is prevalent in children less than 5 years of age in Nigeria]Vitamin A deficiency is prevalent in children less than 5 years of age in Nigeria

Cowpea, an indigenous crop to sub-Saharan Africa, is found mainly in the dry savanna regions along with cereals such as millets and sorghum. Cowpea is grown primarily for human consumption of the grains, which are rich in protein, carbohydrates and contain some minerals. The development and deplo...


Boukar, O.Massawe, F.Muranaka, S.Franco, J.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Singh, B.Fatokun, C.A.[Evaluation of cowpea germplasm lines for protein and mineral concentrations in grains]Evaluation of cowpea germplasm lines for protein and mineral concentrations in grains

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