Several groups of EP (preliminary trials) var. were evaluated in the nutrition and quality lab. for grain quality, percentage water absorption from dry wt., presence of hard and broken grains, av. cooking time, broth quality, and protein content. Significant differences were found in the av. valu...
En el lab. de nutricion y calidad se evaluaron varios grupos de var. EP (ensayos preliminares) por su calidad del grano, porcentaje de absorcion de agua a partir del peso seco, presencia de grano duro y partido, tiempo de coccion prom., calidad del caldo y contenido de proteina. Se encontraron di...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Mejoramiento genético. Mejoramiento de caracteres. Nutrición y calidad]
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Mejoramiento genético. Mejoramiento de caracteres. Nutrición y calidad
The principal activities carried out in 1986 in the nutrition and quality lab. are reported. A statistical analysis of all the parameters of acceptability on all bean materials evaluated in the lab. from 1981 to 1985 was executed. A joint project was carried out between CIAT and Instituto de Nutr...
Se informa sobre las principales actividades llevadas a cabo en 1986 en el lab. de nutricion y calidad. Se efectuo un analisis estadistico de todos los parametros de aceptabilidad en todos los materiales de frijol evaluados en el lab. desde 1981 hasta 1985. Se realizo un proyecto conjunto entre C...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Mejoramiento de características individuales. Calidad nutricional]
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Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Mejoramiento de características individuales. Calidad nutricional
The Great Lakes Regional Bean Program works with the agricultural research institutions of Burundi, Rwanda, and Zaire. Advanced breeding lines were introduced as potential new var. for the region and/or as sources of resistance to angular leaf spot, anthracnose, Ascochyta leaf spot, halo and BCMV...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Actividades relacionadas. Africa. Región de los Grandes Lagos]
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Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Actividades relacionadas. Africa. Región de los Grandes Lagos
Detailed information on the activities of the CIAT breeding program and African regional and national programs is presented, with special emphasis on the Great Lakes Regional Project in Central Africa. The main activities carried out in 1985 in the areas of training, var. development and introduc...
Se presenta informacion detallada sobre las actividades del programa de mejoramiento del CIAT y de los programas regionales y nacionales en Africa, con enfasis especial en el Proyecto Regional de los Grandes Lagos en Africa central. Se resumen y se presentan los principales resultados de las acti...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Capacitación científica y actividades de la red. Africa]
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Capacitación científica y actividades de la red. Africa
Postharvest losses (PHL) result in direct food and income losses to farmers and consumers globally. PHL reduction strategies offer unique opportunities to contribute to sustainable food systems for increased food security and farm incomes for more than 200 million food insecure people in sub-Saha...
Kikulwe, E.
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Okurut, S.
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Ajambo, S.
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Nowakunda, K.
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Stoian, D.
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Naziri, D.
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[Postharvest losses and their determinants: A challenge to creating a sustainable cooking banana value chain in Uganda.]
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Postharvest losses and their determinants: A challenge to creating a sustainable cooking banana value chain in Uganda.
There is a strong link between gender and energy in view of food preparation and the acquisition of fuel, especially in rural areas. This is demonstrated in a range of case studies from East and West Africa, where biochar, human waste and other waste resources have been used to produce briquettes...
Njenga, M.
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Mendum, R.
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[Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges]
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Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges
This analysis provides new estimates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence – including CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu) – across ten districts most affected by CKD in Sri Lanka, including an examination of rural households' historical reliance on groundwater consumption. A carefully designed h...
Kafle, Kashi
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Horbulyk, Ted
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[Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a profile of affected districts reliant on groundwater]
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a profile of affected districts reliant on groundwater
Magadi soda and bean debris-ash have been used as condiments for a long time by various ethnic groups in East and Central Africa in cooking traditional dishes. The aim of the study was to investigate whether magadi soda and bean debris-ash had similar effects and functional attributes when added ...
Mamiro, P
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Nygaya, M
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Kimani, P.M.
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Mamiro, D
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Jumbe, T
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Macha, J.
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Chove, B
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[Similarities in functional attributes and nutritional effects of magadi soda and bean debris-ash used in cooking African traditional dishes]
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Similarities in functional attributes and nutritional effects of magadi soda and bean debris-ash used in cooking African traditional dishes
The ascorbic acid (AA) concentration of tubers was determined in 25 Andean potato varieties (Solanum tuberosum L.) grown in three environments, and the effect of cooking and storage time in subsets of samples was evaluated. Significant variation due to genotype, environment and genotype × environ...
Burgos, G.
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Auqui, S.
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Amoros, W.
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Salas, E.
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Bonierbale, Merideth W.
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[Ascorbic acid concentration of native Andean potato varieties as affected by environment, cooking and storage.]
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Ascorbic acid concentration of native Andean potato varieties as affected by environment, cooking and storage.
Global demand for wood fuel energy is high and rising due to population increases, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where firewood and charcoal are the main sources of cooking energy. Inefficient cooking techniques consume large amounts of fuel and create indoor pollution, with negative health...
Njenga, M.
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Iiyama, M.
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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Helander, H.
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Larsson, L.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Roing de Nowina, K.
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Sundberg, C.
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[Gasifier as a cleaner cooking system in rural Kenya]
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Gasifier as a cleaner cooking system in rural Kenya