Introduction: Globally sever acute malnutrition affects 17 million under five children. More than one quarter of those children lived in Africa. In Ethiopia about 3% of children were severely wasted. Sever acute malnutrition ...
Amaranth grain is an underutilized pseudocereal that can be used to improve the
nutritional quality of foods made of different staple grains. One nutritionally poor staple
food is bread made of white ...
Edible film is a natural bio-based polymer material, which can be eaten together with the food. In this research it was developed from enset starch with the addition of glycerol and citric acid. Two factor centeral composite ...
Tomato is a staple horticultural crop in Ethiopia; but lack of affordable technologies to
transform the product in to shelf stable product results an extensive postharvest loss.
Solar processing is a good ...
One of the challenges in children under two years old in Ethiopia is that malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies such as iron, zinc and calcium, often seen throughout the country. These have negative consequences on ...
Protein rich extruded products were prepared from locally available and low cost raw materials different blends of lupin and whole grain maize flour using a twin-screw extruder. The extrusion effects on the physical, ...
Tej is Ethiopain traditional home made as well commercially available honey wine made from honey, gesho (Rhamnus Prenoides) and water. To date the development of starter cultures were not performed to Tej fermentation. In ...
Background: Dietary Diversity is an essential element of diet quality. It also indicates
the presence of individual and household food diversity and consumption of adequate
nutrient. Lactation is one of the most complex ...
Background:Dietary diversity has been considered a potential 'proxy' indicator to reflect nutrient intake adequacy. It is the measure of food consumption that reflects individual or household access to a variety of foods. ...
Injera is a widely consumed staple fermented food in Ethiopia and is mostly made from teff. Most
communities in Ethiopia like to consume teff injera but due to the high price of teff, only middle
and high-income ...
Injera is a thin, fermented Ethiopian traditional bread made from flour, water, and ersho
(a fluid collected from previously fermented mix) after successive fermentations. This
work investigated the effect ...
This work investigated the effect of cooking (Boiling, Steaming) and drying methods
(Oven, Solar, and FARD – Fan-assisted room drying) on the quality attributes of instant
mashed potato flakes (IMPF). The random ...
Teff is a cereal grain which is used to make injera, a staple food of Ethiopians. Injera with
appropriate quality and consistency is crucial that all consumers demand on the streamlined ...
Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an important fruit and an excellent source of nutrients,
including vitamin C and dietary fiber. Quality characteristics of mango varieties and
related products have been ...
Maize is one of the most important staple cereals in Ethiopia. One of the challenges for maize production in the country is lack of appropriate technologies for post-harvest handling of the crop. Particularly, the storage ...
In Ethiopia information on post-harvest storage of wheat grain is not well documented. Hermetic storage methods and the effect of their opening times are being promoted but people did not understand the influence of ...
"Tella" is one of the most widely locally produced and consumed beverages, and its
production varies among the different ethnic cultures in Ethiopia. People preparation
process of tella varies ...
Injera is a traditional ethnic staple food in Ethiopia that produced from fermented dough of
different cereals mainly from teff and it is consumed in almost all parts of the country. The present
study ...
Even though maize is a staple crop in Ethiopia, an ineffective postharvest management
system results in a considerable postharvest loss. This loss occurs along the value chain
from harvest to storage. This study ...
The demand for goat meat has been increasing globally due to its ideal choice for healthconscious consumers. Goat meat has been generating foreign currency to Ethiopia.
However, the highland goat is claimed ...