African Journal of
Food Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Food Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0794
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJFS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 978

Full Length Research Paper

Sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability of orange-fleshed sweet potato by lactating women and their children (<2 years old) in Kaffrine, Central Groundnut Basin, Senegal

Abdou Badiane
  • Abdou Badiane
  • Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Sénégal.
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Papa M. D. D. Sylla
  • Papa M. D. D. Sylla
  • Laboratoire de Botanique et Biodiversité, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Sénégal.
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Adama Diouf
  • Adama Diouf
  • Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Sénégal.
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Laure Tall
  • Laure Tall
  • Laboratoire National de Recherches sur les Productions Végétales, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Sénégal.
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Mame S. Mbaye
  • Mame S. Mbaye
  • Laboratoire de Botanique et Biodiversité, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Sénégal.
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Ndeye S. Cissé
  • Ndeye S. Cissé
  • Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Transformations Economiques et Sociales, Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire, UCAD, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Nicole I. Dossou
  • Nicole I. Dossou
  • Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Sénégal.
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Salimata Wade
  • Salimata Wade
  • Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Sénégal.
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Philippe Donnen
  • Philippe Donnen
  • Centre de Recherche Politiques et systèmes de santé-Santé internationale, Ecole de Santé Publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique.
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  •  Received: 06 June 2018
  •  Accepted: 10 September 2018
  •  Published: 30 November 2018

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