March 2017

Management of Bean bruchids (Accanthoscelides obtectus Say.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) using botanical oils in Western Amhara, Ethiopia

Faba bean, Vicia faba L. is an important legume crop that substitute animal proteins especially in developing countries. Bean bruchids or bean weevil, Accanthoscelides obtectus Say is a major insect pest of the faba bean grains mainly in the store. An experiment was conducted in Debremarkose University to screen effective botanical oils for the management of bean bruchids on faba bean grains. The tested oils were from...

Author(s): Mihret Alemayehu and Emana Getu

March 2017

Comparative studies of fish smoking and solar drying in the Sierra Leone artisanal fishing industry

“Energy efficient rural food processing utilizing renewable energy to improve rural Livelihoods” known as the “RE4Food” project is a three year effort by researchers in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Germany and the UK, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). It takes its objectives from the observation by the World Health Organization (WHO) that...

Author(s): Andrew Kallon, Aiah Lebbie, Barbara Sturm, Tommy Garnett and Richard Wadsworth