The demand for baobab fruit pulp (BFP) is growing significantly due to increasing popularity of natural, organic, and nutritious ingredients. This demand has created the need for quality control to ensure quality and safety ...

Limited access to good quality and adequate feeds presents a severe constraint to livestock production across developing countries. To address this challenge, researchers, policymakers and practitioners are encouraging the ...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a source of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and essential minerals to a large population worldwide. However, prolonged cooking time for dry beans is a factor that hinders the ...

Cowpea is an important legume crop adapted and widely grown in marginal areas. The crop is grown mainly from landraces and only a handful of improved varieties have been developed. Although breeding and identification of ...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is the second most important exotic vegetable widely consumed in Kenya. Its production constitutes one of the fastest growing markets in Kenya, edging towards a vital cash crop. Despite ...

Smallholder dairying is particularly important as milk produced provides nutrients and income to the households. Its expansion is thus desirable in alleviating poverty and enhancing food and nutrition security. Despite its ...

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are naturally occurring root symbionts known to improve the uptake of essential nutrients by host plants due to their extra-radical hyphae. However, the effect of indigenous AMF inoculation ...

Sweet potato is grown on a small scale in coastal Kenya due to shortage of planting material and use of varieties that are not drought tolerant. Most farmers plant their sweet potato on flat ground to avoid the labor-intensive ...

In Kenya, threshing of common beans at smallholder level is mainly by traditional methods using sticks and animal trampling which are slow, inefficient and tedious. Combine harvesters are suitable for overcoming such ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, poor complementary feeding practices, mainly nutritionally inadequate, are an important factor contributing to infant and child malnutrition, associated with stunting, and high morbidity and mortality. ...