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    • Iron concentrations in roots and edible organs of African indigenous vegetable species 

      Eckhardt, Ulrich; Beer, Julius; Bessler, Holger; Nambafu, Godfrey N.; Onyuka, Enos; Andika, Darius O.; Gweyi-Onyango, Joseph Patrick; Engels, Christof (Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (ADTI),, 2015-09)
      Iron (Fe) deficiency is among the 10 leading human health risks causing “hidden hunger” in sub- Saharan Africa. Iron concentrations and bioavailability are often higher in leafy vegetables than in staple crops like maize ...

    • Linking farmers to markets through modern Information and Communication Technologies in Kenya. 

      Mukhebi, A.W; Kundu, J.; Okolla, A.; Wambua, M.; Ochieng, W.; Fwamba, G. (2007)
      This paper highlights a market information and linkage system (MILS) developed and tested by the Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange Limited (KACE) that increases the efficiency of agricultural markets to work better for ...

    • The Nutritional Composition and Sensory Properties of Wheat Muffins Enriched with Gonimbrasia zambesina Caterpillar Flour 

      Opondo, Fedinand; Nakhumicha, Alice; Anyango, Joseph (Transformative Agri-food Systems, 2022-04-01)
      Protein malnutrition is a serious challenge in the developing countries. Attention is shifting to the use of edible insects in a form which is acceptable to people irrespective of social status and level of civilization ...

    • Proceedings of the second horticulture seminar on sustainable horticultural production in the tropics 

      Wesonga, J.M; Losenge, T.; Ndung’u, C.K.; Ngamau, K.; Njoroge, J.B.M.; Ombwara, F.K.; Agong', Stephen G.; Frickea, A.; Hau, B.; Stützel, H. (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2002-08)
      Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method was used to identify seventeen Musa cultivars that were rated highly by the small-scale farmers in Kenya. The cultivars were studied alongside five reference cultivars of genomic ...

    • Strategies of African indigenous vegetables to cope with phosphorus deficient soils 

      Nambafu, Godfrey; Onyuka, Enos; Bessler, Holger; Hoeppner, Nicolai; Andika, Darius O.; Gweyi-Onyango, Joseph Patrick; Mwonga, Samuel; Engels, Christof (Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (ADTI), 2016-09)
      Food production in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa is often constrained by low soil contents of plant-available phosphorus (P). An option to increase food production is cultivation of species with high P ...