This study was conducted to assess major Aspergillus species and aflatoxins associated with groundnut seeds and cake in Eastern Ethiopia and evaluate growers' management practices. A total of 160 groundnut seed samples from farmers' stores and 50 groundnut cake samples from cafe and restaurants were collected. Fungal isolation was done from groundnut seed samples. Aspergillus flavus was the dom...

Bambara groundnut is a highly nutritious underutilized legume with enormous potential to sustain food security in resource-poor countries. However, its for improvement through conventional breeding (< 2% success rate) limitation due the nature of flowers. Thus, most viable method improving this crop by creating genetic variability induced mutagenesis. The present study was conducted evaluate ra...

Background and Objectives: School children have a high snacking frequency. However, it is poor in nutrients. It is important to provide nutritious snack to support their growth and development. This study aimed to evaluate the nutrient content and sensory properties of a protein- and calcium-rich snack made from a local anchovy (LA), soy protein isolate (SPI), and Bambara groundnut flour (BGF)....

A spell-checker and thesaurus for the Bambara language (Bamanankan), based on an electronic version of a dictionary of Bambara, Bamadaba, ported to a standard spell-check engine, Hunspell, and made available (through their respective web sites) for Libre Office, Open Office, Neo Office, Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, as well as Adobe Indesign and other software using the Hunspell engine. The ...

Bambara groundnut is one of the underutilised legume crops adapted to Sub-Saharan Africa's harsh, semi-arid tropical regions, providing nutrition and cash income among resource-poor farmers. A field study comprising 25 accessions was carried out during 2018/2019 cropping season at Crop Science Experimental Field, University Namibia-Ogongo Campus, characterise using qualitative traits. The exper...