Resources Tagged: Nutrition

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  1. A Second Look At Green Leafy Vegetables As A Source Of Vitamins And Minerals

    1998-12-19 A common prescription for improving nutrition, especially among children, is to promote the addition to people’s diet of dark green leafy vegetables, grown in home gardens. A tremendous variety of native tropical leaf vegetables are delicious and easy to grow, providing a regular source of...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Vegetable Health Nutrition

  2. Winged Bean Revisited

    2007-10-20 Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), an amazingly productive and multi-purpose legume, grows as a vine typically staked on 1.5 to 2 m (5 to 6.5 ft) poles or trellises. Likely originating in the Asian tropics, it thrives in hot, humid areas and grows at elevations up to 2000 m (6562 ft).
    Underutilized Crops Legume Seeds Nutrition Winged Bean Psophocarpus tetra...

  3. Results of a Moringa Taste Test

    2004-10-20 Results of a taste test of PKM-1 in comparison with the local variety. It was decided to also include leaves of the species M. stenopetala in this test.
    Moringa African Moringa Nutrition Food

  4. The Chocolate Pudding Tree: Diospyros digyna (Black Sapote, Black Persimmon, Zapote Negro)

    2005-07-20 Black Sapote is eaten fresh after the fruit has ripened and softened and the inside has turned into a dark brown chocolate color.
    Fruit Trees Seeds Nutrition

  5. A Caution about Eating Excessive Amounts of Moringa stenopetala: Eat Like the Deer

    2004-01-20 In a survey reported in the East African Medical Journal, 597 school children and their parents were surveyed in areas of southern Ethiopia that have very high incidence of goiter. M. stenopetala had a significant association with the prevalence of goiter.
    Moringa Health Nutrition

  6. Vegetable gardening in development and relief - Selecting seeds, selecting strategies

    2015-11-18 Vegetable growing can provide nutrition and livelihood for those isolated by poverty, recovering from crisis, and/or diversifying their food and income options -- but gains are not automatic. What should be considered in designing and deploying vegetable gardening programs? What seed...
    Economic Development Seeds Nutrition Income Opportunities Community Development

  7. Lessons learned from an ex-post evaluation of the introduction and promotion of grain amaranth program in eastern Africa: 1998-2008

    2015-11-17 This workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn more from a evaluation done six years after finishing a 10-year promotion of amaranth initiative that World Renew spearheaded in East Africa through their partnerships, especially in Kenya and Uganda. It will go over the scope, purpose,...
    Amaranth Nutrition Participatory Lear... Project Evaluation Underutilized Crops

  8. Growth of Chaya in Different Climates

    2003-01-20 In EDN Issue 72, we asked readers how chaya grows in various climates; whether or not it is accepted locally as a green vegetable; and if so, how it is usually prepared and served. Thank you to those of you who responded!We received reports from many different countries. Chaya has been found to...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Chaya Nutrition

  9. Making Friends with Dark Green Leafy Vegetables of the Mustard Family

    2005-04-20 Dark green leafy vegetables are good sources of vitamin A, vitamin C, riboflavin, folic acid, carotenes, iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium. DGLV are sources of trace minerals that take part in key enzymatic reactions in our body. They also are great sources of fiber. As a rule of thumb, the...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Collared Greens Kale Nutrition

  10. Lagos Spinach

    2007-01-20 Lagos spinach (Celosia argentea; a.k.a. quail grass, soko, celosia, feather cockscomb) is a low-maintenance broadleaf annual crop that will grow with minimal effort and resources. This underexploited leafy vegetable is easy to plant, grows in most climates and soils, withstands drought and heat,...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Vegetables Nutrition