1/1/2008 Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) is a drought tolerant legume used as forage for livestock or as food for people (seeds are roasted, cooked into porridge or ground for use in bread). The plant thrives in poor soil, drought or flooding.
20/1/2009 Porridges are made by boiling traditional starchy foods such as cornmeal, rice, oatmeal, potato, or ground sorghum in water. However, it can be difficult for infants to swallow. Enzymes in malted barley flour (germinated barley seeds that have been carefully dried and ground into a powder) can...
1/4/2010 ECHO hace énfasis en los múltiples beneficios de los vegetales perennes. Con esto queremos decir vegetales que se siembran una vez y se pueden consumir por años. Los beneficios son muchos y pueden ser específicamente útiles para las familias de personas PLWHA, que experimenten una disminución en...
12/4/2017 El Dr. Brian Hilton investigó y promovió los cultivos biofortificados durante más de 20 años. Brian trabajó como parte de un equipo que hacía pruebas con las primeras variedades de batata anaranjada en Mozambique en 2002. Posee 25 años de experiencia de trabajo con agricultores en Indonesia, Chad...
4/12/2012 Human eating behaviors vary widely with the resources available and beliefs about which types of foods lead to good health. This talk will address ways to evaluate the resources, beliefs, and nutritional health of communities. In addition, the situations in which the addition of Moringa oleifera...
The most intuitive linkage between agriculture and nutrition is food production – but the relationship goes far beyond. Agriculture not only supplies food but it is the basis of the livelihoods of millions of men and women around the world. In collaboration with USAID and other implementing...
After three years of INGENAES activities, we have seenexciting achievements in empowering and engaging women and men smallholder farmers.Themany, diverse successes came out ofbuilding robust gender-responsive and nutrition-sensitive institutions, strengthening existing programs and projects to...
23/10/2017 En años recientes, se ha prestado una mayor atención a los vínculos críticos existentes entre la agricultura y la nutrición. ¿Está interesado en aprender y discutir sobre maneras de influir en las prácticas agrícolas - ya sea para huertos familiares campos productivos o parcelas agroforestales -...