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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 2 (BAOFOOD)
Project
Project code: 2813FSNU08
Contract period: 01.04.2016
- 31.03.2019
Budget: 189,713 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 purposes of the project is to contribute to the development of technologies that optimize the qualitative and quantitative role of baobab in nutrition security and the maintenance of public health. - Hypothesis: Increased utilisation of baobab has an impact on the nutritional status of various community groups (e.g., women, children) in the study area. - Objectives: (a) determine nutritional status and the role of baobab in daily diets; (b) assess the impact of commercial baobab utilisation on nutritional status of various community groups; and (c) determine the impact of baobab as food on the nutrition and health status of selected households and schoolchildren. - Methods: Investigations on nutritional status, food culture, seasonality of nutrition, baobab availability, accessibility, utilisation, chemical and sensory characteristics, clinical and biochemical impacts. Analysis of bioactive plant ingredients.
Section overview
Subjects
- Specialised crops
- Physiology of Nutrition
- Food Processing
- Agroeconomics
- Nutritional behaviour
