Resources Tagged: Chaya

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  1. Increasing Interest in Chaya

    2014-01-01 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

  2. 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 ...

  3. Chaya, Tree Spinach - Cnidoscolus spp. - Growables

    Growables Description Chaya, an important perennial vegetable, is a vigorous and attractive large leafy shrub, particularly tolerant of poor growing conditions. Leaves Dark green, alternate, simple, slick surfaced often with some hairs, and palmately lobed (much like the leaves of okra). Each...
    Spinach Tree Chaya Recipes Chaya

  4. Chaya

    Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius), sometimes called the spinach tree, is a fast-growing perennial shrub native to Mexico that produces lots of attractive, large, dark green leaves. It can grow well on a wide range of soils in both hot, rainy climates and areas with occasional drought. It grows...
    Tree Spinach Cnidoscolus aconit... Chaya

  5. Flè Papay / Chaya

    Flè Papay/Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) deja ap grandi nan anpil lakou, nan tout Ayiti, men poko gen anpil moun nan Ayiti ki kon valè li gen. Chaya se yon manje tradisyonel nan Amerik Santral. Li pwodwi anpil bèl gwo fèy vèt fonse. Nouvo fèy yo parèt touswit apre rekòt yo. Foto 1, moutre 2...
    Haiti Chaya

  6. Unleashing the value of neglected and underutilized crop diversity: Linking climate adaptation, nutrition, markets, and agrobiodiversity value chains

    2019-11-21 Session :This session shares lessons and experiences from an IFAD-supported project on Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) implemented by Bioversity International and its partners in Guatemala. The project deployed Rapid Market Appraisal (RMA) tools to conduct a value chain assessment and...
    Underutilized Crops Climate Adaptation Chaya Value Chains

  7. Chaya, valor nutricional, cutivo, utilizacion

    La chaya, llamada quelite en nuestro país, es una planta que ha sido cultivada en Mesoamérica desde tiempos prehispánicos. Los mayas la llamaban chay y fueron quienes la heredaron a sus descendientes en la península de Yucatán (México), y Guatemala, aunque pasaron muchos años para que se...
    Underutilized Crops Chaya

  8. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Chaya, Tree Spinach

    Edible portion: Leaves, Vegetable A shrub. It can grow 2 m tall. It can be a tree up to 7 m tall. It is a small densely shady, rounded tree. The central stem is about 10 cm across. The side branches are 2 cm thick and end abruptly. The cut stem exudes latex. Some varieties have stinging hairs on...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Vegetables Edible Leaves FPI Tree Spinach Chaya