A5020960791- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Phytase and its Applications
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Organic Food and Agriculture
Wageningen University & Research
2020-2025
Economic Policy Institute
2023
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2018-2020
World Health Organization - Malawi
2018
Climate change impacts on food security will involve negative crop yields, and potentially the nutritional quality of staple crops. Common bean is most important grain legume for human diets nutrition worldwide. We demonstrate by modeling that majority current common growing areas in southeastern Africa become unsuitable cultivation year 2050. further reductions yields available varieties a field trial climate analogue site future predicted drought conditions. Little known regarding impact...
Biofortification is an effective method to improve the nutritional content of crops and intake. Breeding for higher micronutrient mineral in beans correlated with increase phytic acid, a main inhibitor absorption humans. Low acid (lpa) have 90% lower compared conventional beans. This first study investigate total retention after preparing common household recipes from conventional, biofortified lpa Mineral was determined two three bean genotypes. Treatments included soaking, boiling (boiled...
Edible insects have been proposed as a novel and sustainable source of protein other essential nutrients for human consumption but nutrient absorption efficiency is still uncertain. We investigated zinc from house crickets (Acheta domesticus) in single-center single-blinded cross-over study with children aged 24–36 months old Kenya September-November 2021. For this, were randomized to consume two different experimental meals labeled stable isotopes (Zn) at days, separated by wash-out period...
Background Biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties are being promoted to reduce vitamin A deficiencies due their higher beta-carotene content. For OFSP have impact they need be accepted and consumed at scale amongst populations suffering from deficiencies. Objective We investigated the sensory cultural acceptability of households with children aged between 2–5 years old in two areas Central Southern Malawi using an integrated model Theory Planned Behavior (TPB) Health Belief...
Edible insects are a novel source of animal protein. Moreover, edible contain iron concentrations similar to meat, potentially making them valuable for human consumers. Yet, it is unknown what extent from absorbed in humans. In this exploratory study, we assessed fractional absorption house crickets (Acheta domesticus) consumed with refined (low-phytate, noninhibiting) or nonrefined (high-phytate, inhibiting) meals. Intrinsically [57Fe]-labeled and control were reared. Six iron-balanced...
Abstract Zn deficiency arising from inadequate dietary intake of bioavailable is common in children developing countries. Because house crickets are a rich source Zn, their consumption could be an effective public health measure to combat deficiency. This study used Optifood, tool based on linear programming analysis, develop food-based recommendations (FBR) and predict whether can improve both overall nutrient adequacy children’s diets. Two quantitative, multi-pass 24-h recalls forty-seven...