Resources Tagged: Nutrition

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

    18.11.2015 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...
    Seeds Nutrition Income Opportunities Community Development Economic Development

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

    17.11.2015 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

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

    Presented at the ECHO International Agriculture Conference 2015 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...
    Seeds Garden Vegetables Nutrition Community Development Income Opportunities Economic Development

  4. How to Grow a Balanced Diet: A Handbook for Community Workers

    Key Resource 01.06.1998 This is a much needed practical handbook which bridges the gap between nutritional problems and agricultural solutions. This book helps community workers and local groups identify nutritional needs and grow the required food crops organically.
    Nutrition Organic Farming

  5. Nutrient Deficiencies & Toxicities in Crop Plants

    15.06.1993 Amazon.com Description This book discusses the role of essential nutrients in relation to nearly two dozen crops. Use the book's 307 color photographs to diagnose disorders in the field. The accompanying text explains symptoms in detail, with information provided by 31 crop experts. Covers the...
    Soil Fertility Plant Nutrition Nutrition Plant Health

  6. Agricultural and Nutritional Options for Impoverished People Living with HIV/AIDS

    01.04.2010 Many complicating factors affect agricultural work, family health, and nutrition when one or more family members are HIV positive or have an active case of AIDS. In addition to those who are sick, others in the family and community are affected by the consequences of their illness. This broader...
    Human Health Health and Nutrition Medicinal Plants Nutrition Agricultural Devel... Kitchen Gardens Nutrient Density Katuk Health HIV/AIDS

  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. 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...
    Chaya Malnutrition Nutrition Mayan Spinach Cyanide Dark Green Leafy V...

  9. Recipes for Velvet Beans -- and a Caution!

    19.06.1992 More discussion on consumption of Velvet Beans.
    Legume Health Nutrition Velvet Bean

  10. Squash Catsup?

    19.06.1992 Recipe for making catsup (ketchup) from squash.
    Cucurbit Post Harvest Nutrition