Volume 11 No. 5 (2011)

In this issue, we have the following articles:

Editorial: Ruth Oniang'o
Starvation in the 21st Century? It is not right!

Short Communication: Judith Kimiywe
Workshop on Open Access Publishing

Short Communication: Hilary Clinton
Hilary Clinton Visit to IFPRI

Short Communication: Annie Amakiri
Broiler Chicken's Growth Rate in Three Different Nocturnal Lighting Regimes

Profiled:
Prof. John Muyonga
Dr. Arthur Kwena
Dr. Sandeep Bhale
and
Dr. Ismael Teta

Congratulations to:
Dr. Esther Ngumbi
and
Dr. George Ooko

Peer Reviewed Articles

• Effect of germination on mineral bioavailability of soghum-based complementary foods.
  Tizazu Shimelis et al.

• Effect of ripening stage on composition, sensory qualities and acceptability of keitt mango (mangifera indica L.) chips.
  Appiah Francis et al.

• Utilization of ensiled metabolizable mixture of cassava peel and caged layers' manure as energy source in broiler diets.
  Dairo Ayodeji

• Nitrogen balance and morphometric traits of weanling pigs fed graded levels of wild sunflower (tithonia diversifolia) leaf meal.
  Fasuyi AO and FJ Ibitayo

• Nutrients and antinutrients composition of raw, cooked and sun-dried sweet potato leaves.
  Laswai Henry et al.

• Tiger nut: As a plant, its derivatives and benefits.
  Bamishaiye EI and OM Bamishaiye
  

• Use and understanding of nutrition labels among consumers in Lilongwe (Malawi).
  Kasapila W and P Shawa

• Nutritional evaluation of ficus carica indigenous to Pakistan.
  Khan MN et al.

• Development of syrup and "malt-like" drink from raphia hookeri sap.
  Mintah BK et al.

• Bacteriological quality of street-vended um-jingir: A traditional Sudanese food.
  Mustafa NEM and MS Abdallah

• A survey of on-farm seed production practices of sorghum (sorghum bicolor L. Moench) in Bomet District of Kenya.
  Ochieng LA et al.

• Nutritional and sensory profiling of the African giant land snail fed commercial-type and leaf-based diets in a rain-forest ecology.
  Kalio GA and I Etela