Garri is a popular and commonly consumed staple food in Nigeria especially among the Eastern Southern Nigerians. It nutritionally inadequate with main nutrient as carbohydrate. We examined potential of yellow cassava fortification soybean production Nutrient dense garri (NDG) to improve quality garri. from three geographical locations serve control. The Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), pH, carotene cont...

With the growth of electronic markets, designing double auction mechanisms that are applicable to emerging market structures has become an important research topic. In this paper, we investigate two truthful double auction design approaches, the Trade Reduction Approach and the Multi-Stage Design Approach, and compare their resulting mechanisms in various exchange environments. We find that com...

OBJECTIVE The Na content of bread is one of the most common targets of initiatives to reduce Na intake worldwide. Assessing the Na content of staple foods is of major relevance in Mozambique, given the high burden of hypertension in this setting. We aimed to estimate the Na content of white bread available in different bakeries and markets in Maputo. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of the Na c...

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) or also known as cassava has a high carbohydrate content and become the third staple food source after maize rice. contains linamarin lotaustralin poisons which belong to cyanogenic glycoside group. Cyanogenetic glycosides are compounds found in plant foodstuffs potentially very toxic because they decompose release hydrogen cyanide. This study aims determine c...

Abstract Wheat is one of the most important cereal grains; it provides carbohydrate staple foods that form basis diets around world. production endangered by Fusarium species which cause head blight. blight devastating diseases small grain cereals. This disease not only causes yield losses, but also decreases wheat quality and presence harmful mycotoxins. The experiment was conducted during two...

BACKGROUND Staple line leaks carry significant morbidity and mortality. Reinforcement is controversial. Several staple techniques have been described for this purpose. Oversuture and butressing material are more common. AIM To compare these two ways of reinforcement and staple line without any reinforcement regarding the bursting pressure. METHOD Ten segments of small bowel were created in ...

Members of the genus Dioscorea, food yams, were introduced to Jamaica from Africa during the slave era and have remained a staple in local diets and national cuisine. Yam cultivation has also been an important economic activity providing employment for thousands of rural Jamaicans. Until the 1960s yams were grown for local use by subsistence growers for home consumption or by commercial growers...

Trade or sharing that moves infectious planting material between farms can, for vertically-transmitted plant diseases, act as a significant force for dispersal of pathogens, particularly where the extent of material movement may be greater than that of infected vectors or inoculum. The network over which trade occurs will then effect dispersal, and is important to consider when attempting to co...

Assessing a retailer’s performance in a category is important to both manufacturers and retailers. The main objective of this paper is to understand the factors that determine across-retailer variation in category performance as measured by the Category Development Index (CDI). Based on data from 19 food categories sold in 85 major supermarket chains operating in the largest 50 retail markets i...

White rice is an indispensable staple food in Japan, although it is a high glycemic index food. The objective of this study was to estimate how barley cooked with white rice might affect postprandial glucose, insulin and desacyl ghrelin concentrations as well as fullness. The study was conducted in randomized crossover design with nine healthy subjects. Blood glucose, insulin, free fatty acid a...