Volume 17 No. 4 (2017)

Foreword: Ruth Oniang’o

Editorial: Ruth Oniang’o

Keynote speech at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Africa Graduate Student Association (AGSA) at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (March 2017), by Kwame Yeboah and TS Jayne

Peer Reviewed Articles

• Towards commercial agriculture in Rwanda: Understanding the determinants of market participation among smallholder bean farmers.
  Chantal Ingabire et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16825
  [Rwanda]
  

• Gender equality in rural development and agricultural extension in Fogera district, Ethiopia: Implementation, access to and control over resources.
  Azanaw Abebe and A Tassew DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16665
  [Ethiopia]
  

• Evaluation des modes de preparation et de consommation de la tisane de kinkeliba et du cafe touba consommes dans la ville de Dakar au Senegal.
  Moussa Ndong et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.15710
  [Senegal]
  

• Effect of different stress treatments on mature green tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) to enhance fruit quality.
  Ipeleng Randome et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16550
  [Botswana]

• Farmers’ knowledge of the banana (Musa sp.) agro-forestry systems in Kiboga district, central Uganda
  Godfrey Kagezi et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16395
  [Uganda]
  

• Biofortification of maize flour with grain amaranth for improved nutrition.
  Sylviah Kamotho et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.15945
  [Kenya]
  

• Effect of cooking method on proximate and mineral composition of lake Malawi tilapia (Oreochromis karongae).
  Fanuel Kapute and H Sainani DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16715
  [Malawi]
  

• Assessment of the agronomic productivity and protein content in 16 soybean genotypes.
  Peter Mumba et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.15995
  [Malawi]
  

• Assessment of some serum biochemical and haematological parameters in blood samples of Japanese quails fed detoxified jatropha seed cake.
  Agboola Adebisi DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16295
  [Nigeria]
  

• Prevalence of iodine deficiency among school children and access to iodized salt in Zambia.
  Cyprian Katongo et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16275
  [Zambia]
  

• Dietary diversity and nutrient intake adequacy among women in Iwo local government area, Osun State Nigeria.
  Catherine Oladoyinbo et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16280
  [Nigeria]
  

• Effect of sowing date on grain quality of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. moench) in the Nile corridor agroecological zone of South Sudan.
  Majok Ayuen Kok et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16520
  [South Sudan]
  

• Managing acute malnutrition in infants aged less than six months: A qualitative assessment in niger public hospitals.
  Mahaman Hallarou et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.15240
  [Belgium]
  

• The role of trees and plantation agriculture in mitigating global climate change.
  Ndukwe Okorie et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.15500
  [Nigeria]
  

• Effect of breed and feeding strategy on the eating quality of Kenyan beef.
  Joseph Wambui et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16880
  [Kenya]
  

• Factors associated with anaemia status and haemoglobin concentrations in infants 6-11 months in Mbala district, northern province, Zambia.
  Zachary Daly et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16095
  [Canada]
  

• Cultivation and uses of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana bertoni): A review.
  Farid Hossain et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16595
  [Bangladesh]
  

• Physico-chemical characteristics and fatty acid profile of Baillonella toxisperma pierre traditionally extracted edible oil from Cameroon forests.
  Robert Fungo et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16965
  [Uganda]
  

• Parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding overweight among preschool children in rural Zimbabwe.
  Mushonga Nyasha et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16480
  [Zimbabwe]
  

• Perceived challenges in business development of smallholder dairy farmers in three Malawian regions.
  Ivo Baur et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16585
  [Switzerland]
  

• Paradigm shift: Efficient and cost effective real-time nutritional assessment technique.
  Emily Teshome et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.17225
  [UK]
  

• Red palm oil bean-stew improved serum vitamin A and haemoglobin concentrations and anthropometric indicators of school children with low vitamin A concentrations in a malaria-endemic setting.
  Egbi Godfred et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16750
  [Ghana]
  

• Understanding pathways to better nutrition at district level: Lessons from Uganda.
  Edgar Agaba et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16435
  [USA]
  

• Risk factors associated with stunting among infants and young children aged 6 - 23 months in Dedza district of central Malawi.
  Numeri Geresomo et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16730
  [Kenya]
  

• Modalites de consommation et valeur nutritionnelle des legumineuses alimentaires au Burkina Faso.
  Fatoumata Hama-Ba et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.17315
  [Burkina Faso]
  

• Dietary diversity and nutritional status of street food consumers in Oyo, south western Nigeria.
  Oluwatosin Leshi and MO Leshi DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.15935
  [Nigeria]
  

• Animal health management practices in zero grazing dairy units in Arusha city, Tanzania.
  Martha Sudda et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16775
  [Tanzania]
  

• Consumers’ views and use of labels on food items sold in Bulawayo urban province, Zimbabwe.
  Thembie Ncube et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16345
  [Zimbabwe]
  

• Genotype x environment interaction, stability and co-heritability of tuber internal quality traits in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars in Ethiopia.
  Wassu Mohammed DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.16245
  [Ethiopia]
  

• impact of push-pull technology on the nutritional status of farmers’ children in western Kenya.
  Nicholas Ogot et al. DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.80.17050
  [Kenya]
  

2017 Africa Food Prize Award - Congratulatory messages to Prof. Ruth Oniang'o

Updated AJFAND Indexing and Partnerships Report

The 2017 AGRF Experience by Consolata Musita

Profiles
1. Prof. Patrick W. Mathenge
2. Mr. Mesfin Wogayehu Tenagashaw
3. Ms Ipeleng Randome

Conference: Sorghum in the 21st Centrury - Cape Town, South Africa. 9-12 April 2018. Abstract submissions must be done online at https://21centurysorghum.com/abstract-submissions/ or by contacting Lethisha Narayan Lethishan@turnersconferences.co.za

Conference: 2nd African Symposium on Mycotoxicology “Mitigating mycotoxin contamination in the African food and feed chain ” 24 - 27 June 2018, Mombasa, Kenya. Enquiries can be made via email africanmycotoxins2018@gmail.com