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: Cassava Production Gets U.S. $1.6 Million Boost in Africa (Page 1 of 1)
this article discusses the establishment of five cassava processing in the country of Sierra Leone.
OPS - INCAP Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá - INCAP presenta el Sistema de Información para la Vigilancia, Monitoreo y Evaluación de la SAN
this is the new Atlas for Central America. it includes maps of stunting underweight and overweight. It also gives the tabular data. The application includes the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
OPS - INCAP Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá - INCAP presenta el Sistema de Información para la Vigilancia, Monitoreo y Evaluación de la SAN
there is a new system are monitoring food security in Central America. Looks interesting.
Inexpensive Restaurant Choices in Lima, Peru - NYTimes.com
Inexpensive Restaurant Choices in Lima, Peru
Rare crops needed to tackle world hunger - Telegraph
article about the importance of underutilized foods....
10 Most Popular Food Plants That Contain Poison/Toxin
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Most fruits and vegetables provide us the needed nutrients and vitamins to keep us healthy and strong but not all food plants are good to our health. There are food plants that can cause us harm or damage. Some food plants or part/s of food plants contain toxin. Here's a list of poisonous food plants. Who would ever think that these plants are poisonous?
India debuts 'agricultural Wikipedia' | Checkbiotech
This should be something interesting to follow. There was another initiative of this type, through Switzerland. They will need some innovative work to assess their impact.
To economize your eating, work in beans and rice : North County Times - Californian 01-19-2009
Here are some recipes for beans and rice....
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This appears to be the same mix of floods and droughts that have hit Kenya - causing famine conditions.
Uganda, UN In Joint Bid To Avert Karamoja Famine - EasyBourse actualité
Floods ruined a cassava crop in 2007, still trying to recuperate from that.
Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens hunger_News-About-Adobe-Flex_Adobe Flex Developer
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Brazzaville (The Republic of Congo) - Cassava is the staple food for most people in the Republic of Congo, but this main source of nourishment is being threatened by a disease that has spread to most areas of the country.
Why the Gates Foundation Decided to Fund Agriculture
Of course funding health is not a bad thing. But we need to be mindful of that first basic necessity of survival - food.
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The green net stands out in a heap of fishing gear in one of the boats at
Liunda Beach on the shores of Lake Victoria in Bondo District. It is a
mosquito net that has been turned into fishing gear.
Intended for the bedroom to combat malaria, mosquito nets are fast finding
a new role. This turn of events is raising concern among public health
experts and fisheries managers. Apart from reversing the gains made in the
fight against malaria, this misuse also poses a risk to fish stocks in Lake
Victoria.
Congressional corporate welfare leaves the hungry for dead
The problem is that our representatives and senators in the Congress have no conscience. They are parasites on our nation. The very worst Americans. Anybody who votes for this corporate welfare when people are dying should hang their heads in shame.
Food Security
Looks like this will be a good new journal. Could be good for anything on impact assessment related to biofortification.
When Money Is Tight, Eating Healthy Can Be a Struggle - NYTimes.com
Good piece on living on a budget
Cassava:World food crisis: Uganda
Nice photograph of a woman transporting cassava on her head....
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A new Atlas from Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with country level indicators of health, nutrition, demographics and socioeconomics
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