Dear Readers,

I am happy to announce the publication of the last issue of AJFAND this year: Issue 17 Vol. 7 No. 6
We continue to receive many articles, and of extremely good quality. We wish to extend our gratitude to the authors many of whom now send in articles  of fairly good quality, and which adhere to our “Instructions to Authors”.

The editorial for this issue has been prepared by one of our most faithful reviewers, Emmanuel Afoakwa of the University of Ghana at Legon and studying for his PhD at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
We have managed to reach our target of releasing 4 AJFAND issues in a year and would like to truly thank our friends from every sphere for their trust in us and for their tireless efforts. I know AJFAND is now moving from its infancy to greater heights. We expect greater news of achievement in the years ahead.

The articles in this issue are as follows:

• Fruits and vegetables moderate blood pressure, fibrinogen concentration and plasma viscosity in Nigerian hypertensives.
  Adebawo et al.
  

• Impact of school lunch programmes on nutritional status of children in Vihiga District, Western Kenya.
  Betty Musamali

• Changes in physicochemical and sensory characteristics of smoke-dried fish species stored at ambient temperature.
  John Daramola et al.

• Amaranthus cruentus leaf meal as a protein supplement in broiler finisher diets
  Part 1: Performance and nitrogen utilization.
  Ayodeji Fasuyi

• Amaranthus cruentus leaf meal as a protein supplement in broiler finisher diets
  Part 2: Haematological responses, carcas characteristics and relative organ weights.
  Ayodeji Fasuyi

• Determinants of food choices of adolescents in South-Western Nigeria.
  Funke Olumakaiye and O.A. Ajayi

• Awareness and use of nutrition information on food packages among consumers in Maseru (Lesotho).
  Salah Mahgoub et al.

• Proximate and nutritient composition of three types of indigenous edible wild mushrooms grown in Tanzania and their utilization prospects.
  Anthony Mshandete and Joyce Cuff

• Price transmission between supply and demand markets for cassava-based products: A cointegration analysis for gari in Enugu State, Nigeria.
  Ifeanyi Ojiako and Chuma Ezedinma
  

Let me, on behalf of AJFAND team, take this opportunity to wish you all a most Merry Christmas and a blessed year 2008.

With thanks and warm regards.

Ruth Oniang’o
Editor-in-Chief