The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements
of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these …

Food and nutritional security are the major concerns in many countries of the world and may
have potential to contribute to sustainable food systems under climate change. To address …

This study characterized the most cultivated and consumed yam (Dioscorea) cultivars within
the Ghanaian yam germplasm based on their chemical composition and anti-nutritional …

Purple yam flour was successfully modified by heat moisture treatment (HMT) in three cycles
using an oven (OHMT) and autoclave (AHMT)(100° C and 120° C; moisture level: 15 …

Wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) make a significant contribution to the diets and economic
welfare of tribal people of Koraput, India. However, there is a lack of information on the food …

The wild yam tubers consumed by the tribes Kanikkars/Palliyars of South-Eastern slopes of
Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu (Dioscorea alata, D. bulbifera var vera, D. esculenta, D …

Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are widely cultivated as edible resources and medical materials in
China. Characterizing chemical compositions in yam germplasm is crucial to determine their …

The market is the main place for buying and selling alternative food ingredients and is rich in
local wisdom. This study aims to explain the diversity of food plants and alternative foods …

D. cayenensis-D. rotundata complex and 134 cultivars of D. alata were identified. The spatial
distribution of the diversity was established using Ordinary Kriging modelling approach. The …

Statistical imputation techniques were evaluated for infilling missing records in daily rainfall
data within the Pra and Densu river basins in Ghana. The imputation techniques considered …