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Under-exploited wild Vigna species potentials in human and animal nutrition: A review
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
Food insecurity, protein-energy malnutrition, and food-feed competition have motivated the search for alternative food and feed sources for human and animal nutrition. According to the FAO, only four crop species provide ...
Larvicidal potential of wild mushroom extracts against Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae Giles S.S
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)
The crude extracts from six wild mushrooms namely Lactarius densifolius, Lactarius gymnocarpoides, Russula cellulata, Russula kivuensis, Amanita phalloides and Boletus species were evaluated for larvicidal activity against ...
Distribution and occurrence of indigenous strains of atoxigenic and toxigenic Aspergillus section Flavi in groundnut producing areas of Southern Tanzania
(Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES), 2019-04-28)
The objective of this study was to isolate and identify atoxigenic and toxigenic strains of Aspergillus section Flavi
in southern Tanzania, and investigate possible application of atoxigenic strains in control of aflatoxin ...
Solar-Drying of Vegetables for Micronutrients Retention and Product Diversification
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2016)
Micronutrients retention of solar-dried vegetables were studied with an aim of increasing iron, zinc and β-carotene bioaccessibility as well as product diversification. Iron, zinc and β-carotene contents in fresh and dried ...
Potential of cooking bananas in addressing food security in East Africa
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2018-10-30)
Banana is a very popular fruit in the world market and serves as an ideal and low-cost staple food in East
Africa whose residents rely mostly on bananas as a source of food. Banana is practically non-seasonal crop
that ...
Wild Vigna Legumes: Farmers’ Perceptions, Preferences, and Prospective Uses for Human Exploitation
(MDPI, 2019-05-31)
The insu cient food supply due to low agricultural productivity and quality standards is
one of the major modern challenges of global agricultural food production. Advances in conventional
breeding and crop domestication ...
Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Level of Awareness of Aflatoxin Contamination of Feeds among Livestock Farmers in Meru District of Tanzania
(Hindawi, 2018-04-30)
Aflatoxins occurrence in feeds challenges human and animal health. Farmers’ awareness status of these toxins has an effect on their level of exposure. The study assessed the influence of socioeconomic characteristics of ...
Nutrient composition and selected physicochemical properties of fifteen Mchare cooking bananas: A study conducted in northern Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2019-11)
This study investigated the proximate composition, selected minerals potassium (K), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) and some quality attributes of fifteen Mchare cooking bananas mainly consumed in northern Tanzania. ...
An In Vitro Evaluation of the Capacity of Local Tanzanian Crude Clay and Ash-Based Materials in Binding Aflatoxins in Solution
(MDPI, 2018-12-03)
Aflatoxins in feeds cause great health hazards to animals, and thus eventually to humans
as well. The potential of clays from Arusha (AC), Kilimanjaro (KC), the Coast (CC), and Morogoro
(MC), as well as volcanic ash (VA) ...
Prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli in raw milk value chain in Arusha, Tanzania
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli (E. coli)
in milk value chain in Arusha, Tanzania. A total of 75 raw milk samples were collected from
smallholder dairy farmers, ...