Food and Fodder Plants

U.s. Food Processing Plants

This paper presents a model-based approach for competitive analysis of manufacturing plants in the U. S. food processing industry. As part of this approach, plant competitiveness is measured using Operational Competitiveness Ratings Analysis (OCRA) -a new non-parametric method of computing relative inefficiency. Drivers of competitiveness are identified in terms of policies related to plant str...

Folate biofortification in food plants.

Folate deficiency is a global health problem affecting many people in the developing and developed world. Current interventions (industrial food fortification and supplementation by folic acid pills) are effective if they can be used but might not be possible in less developed countries. Recent advances demonstrate that folate biofortification of food crops is now a feasible complementary strat...

Inventorying food plants in France

The author is currently writing an Inventory of food plants in France, covering about 770 species. The book will be illustrated with ca. 1500 original drawings and several hundreds of maps. It includes biological and cultural aspects of plants, their history and uses. The process of writing allowed the author to identify many gaps in knowledge. Compilation of data for so many species also allow...

Local knowledge about fodder plants in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil

BACKGROUND This study evaluated local knowledge of the fodder plants of the Caatinga in northeast Brazil (seasonal dry forest). Specifically, the goal was to catalog local knowledge regarding the use of native and exotic forage plants in two rural communities located in the state of Paraíba (northeast Brazil), to provide information for nutritional investigations and to verify how the knowledge...

Local Mediterranean Food Plants and Nutraceuticals