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Nutrition
Adequacy of Some Locally Produced Complementary Foods Marketed in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Senegal
BeninDimaria, S.A., Schwartz, H., Icard-Vernière, C., P...

Adequate complementary foods are needed to help reduce the high prevalence of stunting in children in many Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). We assessed the availability, affordability, and nutrient adequacy of imported and locally produced pr...

Nutrition
Consumer Acceptance of Biscuits Supplemented with a Sorghum–Insect Meal
NigeriaAwobusuyi, T.D., Pillay, K., and Siwela, M.

Insects are abundant in the predominantly sub-Saharan Africa region and are generally high in protein. Wheat grain contains gluten that is vital for the quality of baked goods but does not grow well in warm regions. Partial substitution of wheat with...

Training and Capacity Building
Overcoming the Hurdles of Growth: The Role of the CEO in Building a High-Performance Organization and Aligning Teams
All CountriesCindy Praeger

How do you grow and add more people without losing the strong sense of unity and common purpose that got you here in the first place?

Research and Development
Sahel Quarterly Volume 22: Food & Cities
Sub-Saharan AfricaSahel Consulting

When we think of food production, especially in Africa, our minds may imagine remote villages across the continent where small-scale farmers dominate the agricultural value chains. However, we are making a huge mistake! Growing urban populations a...

Marketing and Trade
Strengthening collective action to improve marketing performance: evidence from farmer groups in Central Africa
Central African Republic (CAR)Ochieng, Justus Knerr, Beatrice Owuor, George Ouma...

Purpose: Several development organisations have implemented programs to enhance smallholder farmers’ crop productivity and market access through collective action with mixed results. Therefore, this study examines the drivers of success of collective...

Research and Development
Assessment of pre-harvest aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination of maize in Babati district, Tanzania
TanzaniaNyangi, C. Beed, F. Mugula, J.K. Boni, S. Koyano,...

A survey was conducted in 2013 to establish total aflatoxin and total fumonisin in maize, as well as farmers’ practices relating to maize cultivation and awareness of mycotoxins, in three villages of Babati District, northern Tanzania. Quantification...

Research and Development
Food coping strategies in northern Ghana. A sociospatial analysis along the urbanrural continuum
GhanaChagomoka, T. Unger, S. Drescher, A. Glaser, R. Ma...

Background: Food insecurity is a worrying challenge worldwide, with sub-Sahara Africa most affected. Literature reveals that in developing countries, food insecurity is a largely ‘‘managed process’’, meaning people are active participantsn in respond...

Effect of the nutritional perception of traditional vegetables on the production decisions of smallholders in Tanzania
TanzaniaAfari-Sefa, V. Rajendran, S. Kessy, R.F. K.D. Kara...

The world has arrived at a critical crossroads in the effort to promote food and nutrition security. Globally, several attempts are underway to mitigate the scourge of malnutrition due to unhealthy and imbalanced diets. There is increasing political...

Research and Development
Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in East and Central Africa
Central African Republic (CAR)Karangwa, Patrick Mostert, Diane Ndayihanzamaso, P...

Banana Fusarium wilt is a major production constraint globally and a significant threat to the livelihoods of millions of people in East and Central Africa (ECA). A proper understanding of the diversity and population dynamics of the causal agent, Fu...

Research and Development
Connecting genebanks to farmers in East Africa through the distribution of vegetable seed kits
Sub-Saharan AfricaStoilova, Tsvetelina van Zonneveld, Maarten Rootha...

Genebanks explore new partnerships with farmers and other user groups to provide smallholder farmers in Africa better access to crop diversity for improved nutrition, climate change adaptation and agricultural diversification. This paper shows how th...

Research and Development
Long-term spatial-temporal trends and variability of rainfall over Eastern and Southern Africa
South AfricaMuthoni, Francis Kamau Odongo, Vincent Omondi Ochi...

This study investigates the spatial-temporal trends and variability of rainfall within East and South Africa (ESA) region. The newly available Climate Hazards group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS-v2) gridded data spanning 37 years (1981...

Research and Development
Nutritional yield of African indigenous vegetables in water-deficient and water-sufficient conditions
Sub-Saharan AfricaLuoh, J.W. Begg, C.B. Symonds, R.C. Ledesma, D. Ya...

Water scarcity in certain regions of sub-Saharan Africa impacts agricultural production while prolonging dry seasons, and contributing to food insecurity and malnutrition. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the nutritional yield (edible yie...