Resources Tagged: Chaya

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  1. Becoming a Crop Champion - Penny Rambacher, R.D.

    Penny discovered her passion for helping the poor while flying to Latin America as an American Airlines flight attendant. IN the nine years since she founded Miracles in Action, a non-profit, Naples, FL based charity, Penny has coordinated the construction of 46 rural schools, 20 village water...
    Chaya

  2. Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide

    25.01.2016 Some tropical crops contain cyanogenic glycosides, toxic substances that release hydrocyanic acid (HCN; also referred to as cyanide or prussic acid) when cells are crushed. Consuming these plants without cooking them can cause cyanide poisoning, with varying effects depending on cyanide levels...
    Cyanide Chaya Cassava

  3. AN Issue #44

    14.12.2020 Featured in this AN The Martinez Airlift Water Pump Do All Parts of the Chaya Plant Contain Cyanide? Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide
    Appropriate Techno... Aquaponics Chaya Water Pumps Asia

  4. Network Member Profile: Semilla Nueva

    05.04.2016 The mission of Semilla Nueva is to develop locally-led farmer education programs that increase the income, rebuild the soils, and improve the food security of Guatemala’s rural poor. This ECHOcommunity network member organization is using farmer-to-farmer training to empower farmers with the...
    Pigeon Pea Chaya Maize Quality Protein Maize Green Manures and ... Latin America and ...

  5. Becoming a Crop Champion

    19.11.2014 The world relies on just five crops for more than 50 percent of their food intake.If anything happened to any one of these crops, millions would starve to death.In her presentation Penny will explain why it is important to select underutilized, nutritious crops, and learn everything you can about...
    Chaya

  6. Advantages of Perennial Vegetables

    01.04.2010 ECHO emphasizes the many benefits of growing perennial vegetables. By this we mean vegetables that are planted once and eaten from for years. The benefits are many and can be especially helpful to the families of PLWHA, who have diminished labor availability and perhaps less land and money to...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Chaya Perennial Vegetables Vegetables Nutrition

  7. Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide

    20.11.2015 Some tropical crops contain cyanogenic glycosides, toxic substances that release hydrocyanic acid (HCN; also referred to as cyanide) when cells are crushed. Consuming these plants without cooking them can cause cyanide poisoning, with varying effects depending on cyanide levels and how long a...
    Cyanide Cassava Chaya Human Health Nutrition Health and Nutrition

  8. Stinging Chaya, Fruits for High Rainfall Areas and Exotic Leaf Miner Problem in Nigerian Tomatoes

    18.10.2016 Cory Thede, working on the north coast of Haiti, sent a note about a local chaya plant with a lower branch that mutated to a wild stinging type. He commented, “After I backed up against it, it gave me an itchy rash on my arm for about a week. The upper branch is regular and almost spineless.” He...
    Tomatoes Tropical Fruit Biological Control Pest Control Tropical Lowlands Integrated Pest Ma... Pest Management Chaya Fruit Tree Crops

  9. Increasing Interest in Chaya

    01.01.2014 Recently we read correspondence from Penny Rambacher, R.D., a registered dietician working with Miracles in Action in Guatemala. About eight years ago, ECHO’s then-CEO, Dr. Martin Price, suggested to Penny that re-introducing Chaya could be an important way to address malnutrition within the...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Chaya Malnutrition Nutrition Mayan Spinach Cyanide

  10. The Nutritive Value of Chaya

    19.07.1996 Information about using Chaya to feed pigs.
    Livestock Chaya Health Pigs Nutrition