Production of high-quality biofertilizers
The production of high-quality rhizobia inoculants (biofertilizers) for field application is crucial to enhance biomass production and yields of grain-legumes and also to improve soil health, resilience, and sustainable food production systems. Grain-legumes production or intercropped with non-legumes with the application of rhizobia inoculants are being conducted by the food systems labs at Bahir […]
Read morePromoting vegetables consumption in School Feeding Program
The HealthyFoodAfrica project’s Food System Lab in Tamale aims to promote the consumption of vegetables in school feeding. This was done with the establishment of school vegetable gardens with both indigenous and exotic vegetables to be used in feeding school children in selected basic schools within Tamale Rural communities.
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FSL Tamale trains Youth Ambassadors to raise awareness for improved child nutrition and innovative food products
The activities of the Tamale FSL include establishing school gardens in 10 public schools, planting fruit trees in 10 urban communities, training 20 Youth Ambassadors who will reach out to youth in youth clubs and the schools introducing new recipes from soya processing and training materials. Authors: Victor Yakubu, Mohammed Adam & Bintu Bukari The […]
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Tackling children food insecurity in Tamale
The main goal of Tamale Food System Lab is to raise awareness about food and nutrition security for innovative food products and for improved child nutrition. This is because food and nutrition insecurity among children remain common phenomena in the HealthyFoodAfrica project communities.
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