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  A review on nitrogen flows and obstacles to sustainable nitrogen management within the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa 

  Masso, C.; Gweyi-Onyango, J.; Luoga, H.P.; Yemefack, M.; Vanlauwe, B. (2024-06-15)

  The Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) is located in the upper reaches of the Nile River Basin and is shared by five East-African countries. The population in the catchment is growing rapidly and the lake is facing several environmental problems. During the past few decades, numerous efforts have been made across the five countries, with the coordination of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) to reduce the loading of reactive nitrogen (Nr) into the lake and Lake Watershed. However, most of the measures ...
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  Food safety practices to prevent exposure to multiple toxicants 

  Falade, T.; Banwo, K.; Adesina, T. (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024)
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  Cross-country evidence of consumers' perception of food from animals fed on insects in DR Congo, Mali, and Niger 

  Dontsop-Nguezet, P.; Nyamuhirwa, D.A.; Shiferaw, F.; Manyong, V.; Sissoko, D.; Moussa, B.; Kouakou, A.G.; Zakari, S.; Abdoulaye, T. (2024-06-01)

  Insects can represent a valuable and cost effective source of animal feed in Africa. Recently, the interest in incorporating black-soldier fly larvae (BSFL) in animal feed has increased tremendously. However, many factors, including food neophobia and social and cultural context may affect consumers' perception of insect-technologies-derived food products. This study shed light on consumers' perception of the usage of BSFL as animal feed and consumption, buying, and commercialization of food from ...
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  A new phosphorus fertilizer blend enhances grain legume yield and profitability in northern part of Ghana 

  Adjei-Nsiah, S.; Ulzen, J. (2024-09)

  Low concentrations of phosphorus limit grain legumes’ yield in the northern part of Ghana. Smallholder farmers could benefit from P-fertilizer blends to improve yield. This study evaluated the responses of soybean, cowpea and groundnut to P-fertilizer blends and their profitability in researcher-managed and farmer-managed trials in Northern, Upper West, and Upper East regions. The experiment was set up in a cross-factorial arranged in randomized complete block design with four replications. The ...
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  Detoxification of aflatoxins in fermented cereal gruel (Ogi) by probiotic lactic acid bacteria and yeasts with differences in Amino Acid profiles 

  Banwo, K.; Adesina, T.; Aribisala, O.R.; Falade, T.D.O. (2023-03-10)

  Toxigenic members of Aspergillus flavus contaminate cereal grains, resulting in contamination by aflatoxin, a food safety hazard that causes hepatocellular carcinoma. This study identified probiotic strains as aflatoxin detoxifiers and investigated the changes to the grain amino acid concentrations during fermentation with probiotics in the presence of either A. flavus La 3228 (an aflatoxigenic strain) or A. flavus La 3279 (an atoxigenic strain). Generally, higher concentrations (p < 0.05) of amino ...

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