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 ...
Traditional fermentation is carried out initially fermented by natural microorganisms present in
the substrate. This usually leads to a long fermentation time and occasional failure in the
fermentation, and ...
School feeding programme is simply the provision of food to children through schools.
Although Addis Ababa’s school feeding programme runs over a year the effect on food safety
and hygiene is not assessed yet. The ...
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 ...
The gut microbiota of fish plays a key role in many biological processes of their host.
However, there is lack of understanding of gut microbial dynamics of the Nile tilapia
(Oreochromis niloticus L. 1758) under ...
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 ...
Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced worldwide dominantly from a grape. In
Ethiopia, the post-harvest loss of agricultural products is tremendous that estimated
from 20-50%. Thus, the objective of this ...
The study was conducted to assess the traditional process, hygienic practices, and evaluate the
physicochemical and microbiological quality of Metata Ayib, Ethiopian traditional spiced
cottage cheese in South ...
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. ...
Background: Anemia is a public health problem affects low, middle and high income countries has adverse effects on health consequences and impacts on social and economic development. Globally, 38.2% of pregnant women were ...
Background. Abdominal obesity (AO) is a medical problem in which excess fat has accumulated in the abdomen to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health and/or increase medical problems. AO is associated with ...
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 ...
There is an increasing demand for biodegradable bioplastics, which can replace petroleum-based non-degradable plastics, which have a great impact on the environment. Starch-based biodegradable films are thermally unstable ...
Background: Maternal chronic energy deficiency remains a persistent problem and an important contributor to morbidity, mortality and poor birth outcomes in developing countries. Despite this, there is scarcity of data on ...
A comparative study of fully ventilated onion bulb storage structure, netted bag structure, mud coated structure and heap storage structure was conducted in Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Ethiopia to determine their ...
In this study, optimization has been applied to chemicals such as phosphate, lime and
SO2 on juice clarification in the cause of MSF to reduce sucrose losses with filter cake
and final molasses and to minimize scale ...
The problem of environmental pollution and health hazards due to inappropriate solid waste disposal is critical in developing countries like Ethiopia, Assosa town is one of the town in
Ethiopia facing from environmental ...
Back ground: Sub-optimal breastfeeding practices for children are the major cause of childhood illnesses and death. Globally, there are about 800,000 neonatal deaths by the reason of the late initiation and lack of exclusive ...
Food-borne disease remains major health challenge in developing countries. Cross-contamination from raw meat due to poor handling as a result of poor knowledge and practices of meat handlers is major contributing factors ...
This study focuses on the production of bioethanol from waste paper by using corncob as a carrier for immobilizing yeast which effects to minimize energy cost and substituting nonrenewable energy by using renewable resources ...