Canning & Preserving
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A Critical Overview of Food Shortages in Africa
The article looks at problems that exist in eradicating food shortage.Focus should be on those suffering from food shortages
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The Caribbean delight: Soup on Saturday
This article puts the spotlight on the popular dish of the Caribbean that has not been widely publicized.
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Quantifying Food Insecurity Part II
An attempt is made to measure food insecurity in a quantitative manner by evaluating the food we eat.
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Quantifying Food Insecurity Part I
The statistics often given on food security matters in world forums tend to make people notice, but little targetted action can be taken. This paper aims to give an idea that may help to quantify levels of food insecurity in order to compare and target those most in need.
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Spotlight on Sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes in food security, African foods, Food security, Food Preservation for food security
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Alcoholic Beverage From Bananas
The article is written to stimulate research in order to improve the product towards commercial exploitation
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Spotlight on Breadfruit:
This is to draw attention to a fruit that is highly valuable and yet almost unknown in the tropical Central African Region
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Mushrooms: An alternative food source.
Alternative food sources help to provide food with the added advantage of of easing the pressure in food production from traditional farming practices and the possibility of utilising unwanted matter such as waste.
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Non-food Agricultural products: Part III: Applications
The article tries to show the possibilities in waste ulilization
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Non-food Agricultural Products, Part II: Exploitation of apparent waste
The article discusses possible benefits of non-food waste exploitation, notably in the poorer communities
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Non-food Agricultural products: Part I: Thinking about the apparent waste.
In Africa the use of non-food agricultural waste is minimal. Exploitation of this apparent waste could enhance food security and generate products of economic importance
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East African Water- Part II: Not a Drop Safe to Drink.
Slow sand filters are affordable, easy in upkeep, sustainable and can be used to supply clean water fit to drink to rich or poor communities. This paper intend to emphasize these facts
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East African Water: Part 1-Not a drop safe to drink.
This article asks why in East Africa where there is abundance of water, it appears there is neither an assured water supply nor clean water fit to drink. Immense costs to treat water borne diseases are incurred instead of purifying the water, or reducing polution
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Leafy Green Vegetables in African Food, Health and Wealth: Part II.
Significance of green leafy vegetables in African diets is not limited to nutrition but also to medicinal and social welfare.Intellectual piracy has detrimental influence on wealth that can be generated from these products.
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Leafy Green Vegetables in African Food, Health and Wealth: Part I.
The article shows the variety and extent of usage of green leafy vegetables. Nurtitional benefits are discussed
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Yam: Possible Hidden Qualities,
The article discusses the nutritive and possible health benefits that yam could offer.There are possibilities that research could reveal more of yams good qualities,
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Cassava: An Emerging Food Product :The consequence of its popularity
The paper looks at the commercial success of cassava and questions whether this increased demands in the uses of this crop could be detrimental to the poor who depend on it.Unless safeguards are put into place, we may be robbing from the poor their dependable and affordable food.
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A look at food security issues relevant to Africa: Part II
This article aims to draw attention to the abundance of resources, notably in Africa, that are not exploited to any significant level
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A look at food security issues relevant to Africa: Part I
The article discusses the food shortages in Africa by looking at alternative ways for improvement.One alternative discussed is to identify available resources and to use them instead being dependent on outside resources
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An Overview of Food Preservation Methods in Practice in Africa
Drying, salting and smoking are food preservation methods that have declined in the industrialised world but are in practice in Africa. The merits of such methods are discussed, looking at problems, while suggesting ideas for improvement
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Preserving the Banana Fruit by Smoke-Drying Method.
The method presented for preserving banana fruit by smoke drying is carried out with no modern machinery emphasizing the fact that preservation is done at very low levels of technological advancement.The lack of improvement may be the hindrance to commercial benefits being realized.
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