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Eaten by both humans and animals, and with more than 20 derivative products, cassava offers considerable opportunities for income and advantages for food security. This versatile shrub is widely used in the food, textiles and other industries. For example, cassava tubers may be sold for preparation into pastries, tapioca, food pasta or chips, while the plant’s by-products include paper, glues and alcohol. Attractively laid out, with step-by-step guides and a wealth of colourful figures, illustrations and tables, this handbook makes simple techniques available to cassava producers, improving production, storage and processing.
Consommé à la fois par les humains et par les animaux et comptant plus d’une vingtaine de produits dérivés, le manioc offre des avantages considérables en termes de sécurité alimentaire. D’un rendement stable et élevé, même sur des sols marginaux et dans des conditions de pluviométrie incertaine, il s'agit de l’une des cultures vivrières les plus cultivées et les plus consommées dans de nombreuses régions du monde. Le manioc apporte des revenus importants aux producteurs et aux petits agriculteurs. Cet arbuste varié, qui pousse jusqu'à cinq mètres de hauteur, est cultivé pour ses tubercules, ses feuilles et ses tiges riches en amidon. Largement utilisés dans l’ind...
Structured into four main parts, this book navigates the intersection between food and functionality of plant-based products and provides insight into the nutritional composition of some key elements of plant-based diets. The book also introduces the most abundant adulteration practices and points out the analytical methods of quality monitoring, their current trends, and their potential future applications. The volume first looks at plant-based sustainable health foods, with a primary focus on millets, their nutritional and health benefits, as well as their potential as food security crops. The chapters also shed some light on demographics of millet production and discuss the impact of proc...
Sometimes called “the tree of life” or “the tree of paradise” due to its exceptional environmental, medicinal and dietary benefits, the moringa is a multi-purpose tree whose leaves, flowers, fruits, bark and roots can all be directly consumed. Its nutritional qualities are becoming increasingly recognised and could represent an effective solution in combating malnutrition.
Parfois appelé « arbre de vie » ou « arbre du paradis » en raison de ses vertus environnementales, médicinales et alimentaires exceptionnelles, le moringa est un arbre à usages multiples dont les feuilles, fleurs, fruits, écorces et racines peuvent être consommés directement. Ses qualités nutritionnelles sont de plus en plus reconnues et pourraient représenter une solution efficace dans le cadre de la lutte contre la malnutrition. Le moringa peut aussi être valorisé sous forme de produits à plus haute valeur ajoutée, tels que l’huile de moringa qui offre une forte plus-value grâce à son prix élevé.
Although quail farming is known for its relative simplicity, low space requirements and financial resources as well as being subject to ever growing demand, it remains a marginal activity by comparison with the potential it offers. As an excellent way to increase income, it can be practised on a small or large scale. This guide is an outreach tool to encourage small-scale farmers to get involved in rearing quail and to give pertinent advice to farmers already active in the business.
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