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Traditional Food Plants of Kenya

Author : Patrick M. Maundu
Publisher : Kenya Resource Centre for Indige Ums of Kenya
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Traditional Food Plants of Kenya by : Patrick M. Maundu

Download or read book Traditional Food Plants of Kenya written by Patrick M. Maundu and published by Kenya Resource Centre for Indige Ums of Kenya. This book was released on 1999 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers descriptions of 175 main and some 60 minor species with information on food, medicinal and other uses, distribution in Kenya and the rest of the world, ecology, commercial use, potential for domestication and status of the species in the wild. Over 500 figs, 3250 local plant names with scientific equivalents, a food composition table, glossary of botanical terms, maps showing the distribution within Kenya, administrative divisions, ethnic communities and agro -ecological zones.

Traditional Food Plants

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251025574
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (255 download)

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Book Synopsis Traditional Food Plants by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Download or read book Traditional Food Plants written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1988 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Crops of Africa

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309164540
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Lost Crops of Africa written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-10-27 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by scientists and policymakers and in the world at large. The book assesses the potential of each vegetable to help overcome malnutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and create sustainable landcare in Africa. Each species is described in a separate chapter, based on information gathered from and verified by a pool of experts throughout the world. Volume I describes African grains and Volume III African fruits.

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

Author : Charles Michael Shackleton
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1844077152
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture written by Charles Michael Shackleton and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Medicinal Plants

Author : Gaby H. Schmelzer
Publisher : PROTA
ISBN 13 : 9057822040
Total Pages : 793 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Medicinal Plants written by Gaby H. Schmelzer and published by PROTA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

Author : Nicholas Oguge
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030451062
Total Pages : 2822 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation written by Nicholas Oguge and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 2822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is that this book will be a lead publication on the topic, which may be regularly updated and hence capture further works. Climate change is a major global challenge. However, some geographical regions are more severly affected than others. One of these regions is the African continent. Due to a combination of unfavourable socio-economic and meteorological conditions, African countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The recently released IPCC special report "Global Warming of 1.5o C" outlines the fact that keeping global warming by the level of 1.5o C is possible, but also suggested that an increase by 2o C could lead to crises with crops (agriculture fed by rain could drop by 50% in some African countries by 2020) and livestock production, could damage water supplies and pose an additonal threat to coastal areas. The 5th Assessment Report produced by IPCC predicts that wheat may disappear from Africa by 2080, and that maize— a staple—will fall significantly in southern Africa. Also, arid and semi-arid lands are likely to increase by up to 8%, with severe ramifications for livelihoods, poverty eradication and meeting the SDGs. Pursuing appropriate adaptation strategies is thus vital, in order to address the current and future challenges posed by a changing climate. It is against this background that the "African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation" is being published. It contains papers prepared by scholars, representatives from social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects in Africa, and working with communities across the African continent. Encompassing over 100 contribtions from across Africa, it is the most comprehensive publication on climate change adaptation in Africa ever produced.

Neglected Leafy Green Vegetables Crops in Africa

Author : International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Staff
Publisher : Bioversity International
ISBN 13 : 9290435313
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Neglected Leafy Green Vegetables Crops in Africa written by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Staff and published by Bioversity International. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Managing Plant Genetic Diversity

Author : V. Ramanatha Rao
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 9780851998862
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Managing Plant Genetic Diversity written by V. Ramanatha Rao and published by CABI. This book was released on 2001-12-13 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains edited and revised papers from a conference on 'Science and Technology for Managing Plant Genetic Diversity in the 21st Century' held in Malaysia in June 2000, organised by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI). It includes keynote papers and some 40 additional ones, covering ten themes.The major scientific challenges to developing a global vision for the next century are identified and key research objectives are also discussed.

Classification of East African Crops

Author : Kokwaro, John O.
Publisher : University of Nairobi Press
ISBN 13 : 9966792244
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Classification of East African Crops written by Kokwaro, John O. and published by University of Nairobi Press. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classification of East African Crops is a revised modern version of a book first published in 1979. It is a handbooks grouping the crops, timber, and common ornamental plants found in East Africa into 26 classes. The plants are discussed under two broad categories, namely, usage and commercial classifications. the Type A group of plants, based on usage classification, has 19 classes including the famous categories such as cereals, fruits, vegetables, legumes, oil crops, fiber crops, and forage and fodder plants amongst others. The Type B group, based on commercial use of the plants, covers food crops, cash crops, commercial horticultural crops, forbidden crops (drug plants), and bee forage or useful plants for honey bees. Each class has a full or brief discussion of the crops or useful plants grown in modern East Africa covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. The most important part of the handbooks is the list of all major and minor crops and useful plants in each class containing the English or trade names, the botanical names, and the families to which they belong. The book has over 70 selected colour plates illustrating different crops and other useful plants. It is an excellent handbook for university and college scholars, students, and researchers in agriculture, forestry, environment, and animal husbandry.

Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants

Author : T. K. Lim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400756283
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants written by T. K. Lim and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues as volume 6 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed into other by-products, or as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible oils and beverages. It covers selected species from the following families: Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae, Schisandraceae, Solanaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Urticaceae, Vitaceae and Winteraceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive and pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and research findings; nonedible uses; and selected references.

African Indigenous Vegetables in Kenya

Author : Mary Oyiela Onyango Abukutsa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789966923318
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book African Indigenous Vegetables in Kenya written by Mary Oyiela Onyango Abukutsa and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

AD39E Non-timber forest products

Author : Tinde van Andel
Publisher : Agromisa Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9085730279
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book AD39E Non-timber forest products written by Tinde van Andel and published by Agromisa Foundation. This book was released on with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Traditional Food Knowledge: New Wine Into Old Wineskins?

Author : Andrea Pieroni
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 288971831X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Food Knowledge: New Wine Into Old Wineskins? written by Andrea Pieroni and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plant Conservation

Author : Alan Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136559795
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Plant Conservation written by Alan Hamilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the latest in the People and Plants series, plant conservation is described in the context of livelihoods and development, and ways of balancing the conservation of plant diversity with the use of plants and the environment for human benefit are discussed. A central contention in this book is that local people must be involved if conservation is to be successful. Also examined are ways of prioritizing plants and places for conservation initiatives, approaches to in situ and ex situ conservation, and how to approach problems of unsustainable harvesting of wild plants. Roles for botanists, foresters, sociologists, development workers and others are discussed. This book acts as a unifying text for the series, integrating case studies and methodologies considered in previous volumes and pointing out in a comprehensive, accessible volume the valuable lessons to be learned.

Plants and People in the African Past

Author : Anna Maria Mercuri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319898396
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Plants and People in the African Past written by Anna Maria Mercuri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an essential connection between humans and plants, cultures and environments, and this is especially evident looking at the long history of the African continent. This book, comprising current research in archaeobotany on Africa, elucidates human adaptation and innovation with respect to the exploitation of plant resources. In the long-term perspective climatic changes of the environment as well as human impact have posed constant challenges to the interaction between peoples and the plants growing in different countries and latitudes. This book provides an insight into/overview of the manifold routes people have taken in various parts Africa in order to make a decent living from the provisions of their environment by bringing together the analyses of macroscopic and microscopic plant remains with ethnographic, botanical, geographical and linguistic research. The numerous chapters cover almost all the continent countries, and were prepared by most of the scholars who study African archaeobotany, i.e. the complex and composite history of plant uses and environmental transformations during the Holocene.

Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants

Author : Lim T. K.
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400717644
Total Pages : 1113 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants written by Lim T. K. and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 1113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues as volume 2 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, pulses, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses species from the following families: Clusiaceae, Combretaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Dilleniaceae, Ebenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Ericaceae and Fabaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists, conservationists, teachers, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and current research findings; non-edible uses; and selected/cited references.

Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases

Author : Danik M. Martirosyan
Publisher : D&A Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780976753520
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases written by Danik M. Martirosyan and published by D&A Inc.. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic diseases sych as cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes and obesity are a global epidemic in various developed countries and there is an unprecedented level of interest in this area of research. This book represents a collection of selected reviews on modern approaches in herbal remedies, food additives, and non-traditional plants. The contribution of varios scientists from different parts of the world, including participants in an international conference entitled, "Functional Foods for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases," compose this book. The main goal of this book is to bring together experts in medicine, biology, and the food industry to present the contributions of functional food products in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.