Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: CHUKWUMA EKEANYANWU and OBI NJOKU Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 116 ISBN: 9783843367455
Описание
The worsening food crisis and the consequent wide spread prevalence of malnutrition in developing and underdeveloped countries have resulted in high mortality and morbidity rates, especially among infants and children in low-income groups (Enujiugba and Akanbi, 2005). The reliance on starchy roots and tubers and protein deficient cereals as main staples results in consumption of non-nutritious foods. The insufficient availability of nutrient rich diets and the high cost of the available ones have prompted an intense research into harnessing the potentials of the lesser known and underutilized crops, which are potentially valuable for human and animal foods to maintain a balance between population and agricultural productivity, particularly the tropical and subtropical areas of the world.This book contains research work done on Tigernut to determine the Nutritive composition and the biochemical effects of the tuber. The findings from the research would shed some...
