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Fast Growing and Hybrid African Catfish
The African catfish is excellent for inland freshwater farming and has large potential to boost local and regional production and improve human nutrition and protein security across Africa. Catfish are native to all Sub-Saharan African countries and are widely consumed. Rearing catfish started fifty years ago in West and Central Africa. They grow fast and are omnivorous (including many low-cost …
All Male Tilapia Fingerlings with Greater Yield and Uniformity
Tilapia is one of the most important farmed fish and is historically among the first breeds cultivated by humans. The group belongs to the Cichlid species that originated in Africa. Tilapia is easy to farm in different systems ranging from low-tech earthen ponds to intensive high-tech tanks and cages. Some of the limitations in producing tilapia are its small size, …
Bean Flour and Flour Products
The time and energy required to prepare whole beans for consumption restricts their appeal to urban consumers, even for pre-cooked products described in Technology 11. In response, an increasing number of processed and ready to eat products made from common bean are emerging across Sub-Saharan Africa. Preparing high-quality flour from common beans is the first step in the manufacture of …
Pre-Cooked Beans for Consumer Convenience
Common bean is a major staple food in eastern and southern Africa, the second-most important source of human dietary protein and the third-most important source of calories. Yet the sale and consumption of whole dried common beans is discouraged by their long cooking time, and high energy and water requirements. Pre-cooking combined with canned or frozen preservation techniques substantially decreases …
Hermetic Bags for Safe Storage of Beans
Large post-harvest losses of bean occurs across Sub-Sahara Africa because of improper storage techniques resulting in pest infestation that threatens the food security and livelihoods of farmers. As a result, farmers may opt to sell their produce immediately after harvest when market prices are at their lowest as a risk avoidance strategy. Grain storage pests such as weevils (bruchids) can …
Mechanized Threshing Operations
Threshing refers to the separation of seeds or grain seed from the harvested plant, and this is a tedious operation when performed by hand. Typically, women are assigned this task of hitting piled harvest with sticks until the grain falls loose and, in the case of beans where the whole plant is harvested and dried, it requires about four hours …
Integrated Management of Insects, Diseases and Weeds
Common bean is susceptible to diverse pests and diseases that strongly impact on its productivity. At the same time, inappropriate pesticide use may cause health and environmental risks and result in resistance of pests. For instance, use of chemical substances to control pests like beetles, aphids, cutworms, leaf spots, crown rots and common grassy or broadleaf weeds poses selective pressure …
Mechanical and Chemical Weed Management
Common bean is a relatively weak competitor with weeds and when overgrown by them yield losses from 60 to 100% can occur. Encroachment of weeds causes inefficient use of fertilizer inputs and may harbor pests and diseases, or exude chemicals that have a negative impact upon bean root systems (allelopathy). Tall-growing weeds shade the crop, making stems weak and easily …