A wide range of dry beans and other pulses are produced and consumed in Africa. In most African countries pulses are referred to as “poor man's meat.” These legume crops are grown for subsistence and consumed by most ...

Perceptions about the ability of alien species to provide superior ecosystem services over the native species have motivated their importation and distribution across the world. While these species may be providing goods ...

Refractance window (RW) drying is a modern drying technology that yields superior quality products. The dryer incorporates a technology that can be used to dry or evaporate both fluids and semi-fluid-like products; hence, ...

Lactoperoxidase (LPO), the peroxidase isolated from milk, is widely distributed in nature. LPO is the second most abundant enzyme in milk and its primary role is to protect the mammary gland and the gut of infants against ...

Despite concerted efforts to improve food and nutrition security in many parts of the world, food and nutrition security still remains a challenge, especially in developing countries. In the face of the increasing human ...

The countries of southern Africa have an average forest cover of 32% with most forest situated in the tropics. These dry to moist forests are deciduous with a few evergreen species. The open canopy allows enough light to ...

Safflower is an annual underutilized and neglected multipurpose oilseed crop that is drought, heat, cold, and saline tolerant with many uses in food, textile, pharmaceutical, and industrial industries. Renewed interest in ...

Today, the world is, figuratively speaking, much “smaller” than it was about 50years ago. Rapid advances in information and telecommunication technologies, aswell as frequent international discourses, cause our ...

Background: Scientific progress and developments in technology have improved our understanding of climate change and its potential impacts on smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The persistence of such ...