Posts Tagged: Africa

More African vegetables on more plates

Many varieties of amaranth are grown in Kenya. <em>(HortCRSP photo by Stephen Weller)</em>

What will be the new food frontier? An article in the Wall Street Journal with the headline “Next Stop for Food Fanatics: Africa” predicts adventurous American palates may soon be craving sub-Saharan cuisines. Besides making me hungry,...

Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 8:41 AM

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Author: Brenda Dawson

Tags: Africa (3), Beth Mitcham (7), food security (8), Horticulture CRSP (3), international development (3), Kate Scow (2), specialty crops (6), vegetables (28)

Addressing nutrition and poverty through horticulture

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Nutrition, food security and sufficient family incomes are challenges in many parts of the world. Half the world’s people live in rural areas in developing countries. Because hunger and malnutrition are often linked to poverty, providing economic...

Posted on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 9:02 AM

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Author: Ann King Filmer

Tags: Africa (3), Beth Mitcham (7), cold storage (1), Collaborative Research Support Program (1), developing nations (1), economic development (1), food security (8), food sustainability (2), global health (3), hunger (7), malnutrition (3), nutrition (66), postharvest (6), Postharvest Technology Center (6), solar drying (1), Southeast Asia (2), UC Davis (15)

UC Davis' Nutributter to go beyond Africa

Kathryn Dewey (center with maroon shirt) with collaborators in Africa.

UC researchers who created Nutributter and tested it successfully in several African nations are now preparing to reformulate and evaluate the dietary supplement for Bangladesh and Guatemala. The research aims to determine whether specially developed...

Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 12:00 PM

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Author: Jeannette E. Warnert

Tags: Africa (3), Kathryn Dewey (1), malnutrition (3), nutrition (66)