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EDN #165 Now Available 2024-08-01

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Towards the use of biopesticides

Hassan Djebro

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Chili, garlic, onion, and neem almond powder biopesticide: This is a broad-spectrum biopesticide based on chili, garlic, onion, and neem powder, each containing active ingredients to combat pests. The product is effective against insects such as whiteflies, caterpillars, locusts, termites, ants, and aphids. This biopesticide can also be used to treat chicken fleas in local chicken flocks.

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Mon, 19 August 2024 » Sat, 24 August 2024

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ECHO East Africa and Canadian Foodgrains Bank Joint Symposium on Best Practices in Sustainable Agriculture & Appropriate Technologies
Tue, 20 August 2024 » Thu, 22 August 2024

Linde Hotel in Mponela/Dowa, Malawi

Greetings!..You are cordially invited to join us in this important meeting for learning and sharing best practices of Sustainable Agriculture and Appropriate Technologies. We will be sharing best practices promoted by different specialists from across the region. It will be an opportunity to network among those working in East and Southern Africa to alleviate poverty, fight against hunger, and improve food security and the overall livelihood of the people we serve. Presenters welcome: W...

Seed Savers Network Kenya - Seed Boot Camp
Mon, 26 August 2024 » Sat, 31 August 2024

Seed Savers Learning, Kenya

The goal of this event is to provide inspirational experiences from practitioners on community managed seed systems. The objectives of this event are:  To empower learners with knowledge, skills, and attitude on seed security assessment within farming communities.  To empower learners with knowledge, skills, and attitude on community seed banking and traditional seed preservation. To equip learners with knowledge, skills, and attiude on farmer-led documentation and characteri...

ECHO Asia Community Seed Bank Symposium
Mon, 2 September 2024 » Fri, 6 September 2024

ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center Chiang Mai, Thailand, Thailand

  Join us as we gather together an inspiring group of current and aspiring managers of Community Seed Banks from across the region. Together we will explore the in's and out's of the diverse Community Seed Bank models in use across ECHO's existing network. Time will be split between classroom time and hands-on activities to gain better understanding of both the theory and practice of operating low-cost, context-appropriate Community Seed Banks. This course is designed for current manag...

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ECHO North America, United States

This is a five day, hands-on course that will focus on food forests and garden design. By taking this course you will learn how to design and start a food forest in your own backyard. Participants will walk through the design process with professional designers, starting from setting goals, surveying the piece of land, building a base map, considering earthworks, and creatively designing around constraints. Attendees will be able to see and apply these principles to a small garden or a lar...

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Forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa for healthy diets in a changing climate

Forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa for healthy diets in a changing climate , van Zonneveld, M. , Kindt, R. ,  McMullin, S. , Achigan-Dako, E.G. , N’Danikou, S. ,  Hsieh, W.-h. , Lin, Y., Dawson, I.K. , PNAS  2023  Vo...

Modern Processing of Indian Millets: A Perspective on Changes in Nutritional Properties

Gowda NAN, Siliveru K, Prasad PVV, Bhatt Y, Netravati BP, Gurikar C. Modern Processing of Indian Millets: A Perspective on Changes in Nutritional Properties. Foods. 2022 Feb 9;11(4):499. doi: 10.3390/foods11040499. PMID: 352...

Smart Management of Malnutrition Using Local Foods: A Sustainable Initiative for Developing Countries

Amadou Issoufou , Lawali Sitou , Smart Management of Malnutrition Using Local Foods: A Sustainable Initiative for Developing Countries, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 6, 2022, URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/jour...

Malting and Popping as Tools to Combat Malnutrition

Many researchers reported that malting reduces the antinutrient content and increase the vitamins ( B and C), minerals (calcium, manganese, copper and zinc) and protein content in the cereal grains viz wheat, barley, sorghum...

Popped rice with distinct nutraceutical properties

Hameeda Itagi, Kristel June D. Sartagoda, Vipin Pratap, Priyabrata Roy, Rhowell N. Tiozon, Ahmed Regina, Nese Sreenivasulu, Popped rice with distinct nutraceutical properties, LWT, Volume 173, 2023, 114346, ISSN 0023-6438, h...

Effects of Processing (Germination and Popping) on the Nutritional and Anti-Nutritional Properties of Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana)

Chauhan E. S, Sarita. Effects of Processing (Germination and Popping) on the Nutritional and Anti-Nutritional Properties of Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana). Curr Res Nutr Food Sci 2018;6(2). doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.1294...

Impact of popping on the nutritional value and Anti-nutrients in millets

Indu Bhargavi K , Syeda Farah S , Asna Urooj, International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition ISSN: 2455-4898; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.14 Received: 06-05-2020; Accepted: 20-05-2020; Published: 05-06-2020 www.foodsciencejou...

Effect of popping on physico-chemical and nutritional parameters of amaranth grain

Raushan Khan and Anuradha Dutta, Dep. of food and Nutrition, College of Home Science GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2018; 7(3): 954-958

Processing has a majo...

Effect of Popping on Nutritional Composition of Sorghum

Dhadke S.G.*, Pawar V.S. and Wanole P.D. Department of Food Process Technology, College of Food Technology, VNMKV, Parbhani (Maharashtra), India

Sorghum is a nutritionally dense millet in the grain family that play...

Influence of decortication, popping and malting on bioaccessibility of calcium, iron and zinc in finger millet

Rateesh Krishnan, Usha Dharmaraj, Nagappa G. Malleshi, Influence of decortication, popping and malting on bioaccessibility of calcium, iron and zinc in finger millet, LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 48, Issue 2, 20...

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