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Collaborative project: Enhancing local food security and nutrition through promoting the use of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in rural communities in Eastern Africa. Subproject 1 (BAOFOOD)
Project
Project code: 2813FSNU07
Contract period: 01.03.2016
- 28.02.2019
Budget: 988,576 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: Kenya, Sudan, global food security, data collection, wild plants, food security, nutritional information / recommendation, food pattern, food processing, value chains, marketing, knowledge transfer, networking, ingredients
The project aims at (1) identifying and mapping baobab populations and recording the full range of morphological diversity and population vitality, identifying most valuable populations for conservation and propagation, and developing techniques for sustainable tree management and protocols for vegetative propagation of baobab; (2) analyzing nutrients and bioactive compounds of baobab raw products along different environmental gradients, reviewing of local uses and processing technologies of baobab in different regions, nutrient analyses of processed baobab products and development of nutrient maintaining processing technologies and new products, as well as analysing the impact of supply chain organisation on nutrient and physical properties of baobab products; (3) assessing the nutritional status and role of baobab in daily diets, assessing the effect of baobab diet on nutritional and health status of school children, and describing the impact of commercial baobab utilisation on nutritional and health status; (4) assessing consumer preferences, current market demand and analysing market chains; (5) initiating the formation of community organisations for sustainable baobab management, developing an area-specific extension approach and initiating its implementation, and establishing a fully operational processing unit and supplying products to target groups; and (6) informing relevant stakeholders about sustainable baobab management and its role in improved nutrition, and the results and technologies developed by the project.
Section overview
Subjects
- Specialised crops
- Physiology of Nutrition
- Food Processing
- Agroeconomics
- Nutritional behaviour
