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  1. The Nutritive Value of Chaya

    1996-07-19 Information about using Chaya to feed pigs.
    Livestock Chaya Health Pigs Nutrition

  2. Strategies to Help Prepare for and Respond to Disaster

    2014-01-01 https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/71356f86-d90a-4032-9775-681c581fa715What if you are working in a community when disaster strikes it? What steps toward recovery can you take in such a situation? And what actions can be taken beforehand to minimize the damage from a large-scale,...
    Relief Typhoon Sudan Rural Development Haiti Disaster conservation Risk Reduction Needs Assessment Replant Agricultural Devel... Chaya Strawberry Tree Moringa Papaya Risk Assessment Philippines

  3. Chaya use in West Africa

    2017-02-28 K[]is a rural municipality located in the west of Burkina Faso. Ten years ago, an American missionary introduced Chaya which became a well-known and well-consumed leafy vegetable for the peasants of K[]. The peasants have made Chaya leaves a component of their diet which they consume in several...
    Chaya West Africa

  4. Chaya

    2003-01-20 Chaya is considered to be one of the five most important food plants ECHO distributes.It achieves this rank because of its ability to thrive in both arid and rainy regions, its little need for care or extra fertility, its lack of insect or disease pests, and its exceptional nutritional value.”
    Chaya Dark Green Leafy V...

  5. Experience with the Chaya Plant in Kenya

    2003-01-20 Chaya is sometimes dubbed "the spinach tree." It is a fast growing drought and disease-resistant shrub that provides large quantities of edible, very nutritious leaves.
    Underutilized Crops Chaya Nutrition Dark Green Leafy V...

  6. 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...
    Chaya Nutrition Dark Green Leafy V...

  7. Leaf Protein Concentrate from Chaya Leaves?

    2003-07-20 In response to the articles on leaf protein concentrate and on chaya in EDN Issue 78, a reader asked whether or not leaf protein concentrate (LPC) could safely be made from chaya.
    Chaya Health Cyanide Nutrition

  8. Miracles in Action

    Miracles in Action has brochures about chaya available in English and Spanish. A collection of recipes for chaya, in Spanish, is also available for download: Chaya Folleto – Español Chaya brochure – English Recetas con Chaya Miracles in Action seeks out under-served pockets of need in rural...
    Chaya Latin America and ...

  9. Echos From our Network

    1995-06-19 Dave Morneauin the Central Plateau of Haiti asked us about the Haitian beekeepers’ belief that neem(Azadirachta indica) or chinaberry (Melia azedarach) blossom nectar is harmful to honeybees, since leaves and seeds are widely used to control insects. Joy Niland, Food Gardens Foundation, South...
    Porcupine Beekeeping Neem Chinaberry Birds Iguanas Chaya Katuk Brazilian Spinach Alternanthera sissoo Sauropus androgynus Cnidosculous chaya... Honeybee

  10. Do all parts of a chaya plant contain hydrocyanic acid?

    2017-07-17 Leaves of tropical crops like chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) and cassava (Manihot esculenta) 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...
    Chaya Human Health Health and Nutrition Cyantesmo Paper Cyanide