January 2018

Comparative assessment of some physico-chemical properties of seed oils of Parkia biglobosa and Monodora myristica with some commercial oils

The demand for oils has increased in recent times as a result of industrial and nutritional processes. There is therefore the need to search for oils from different types of seeds. As part of an on-going work to search for alternate sources of oils, seed oils from Monodora myristica and Parkia biglobosa were extracted, analysed and some of their physicochemical properties were compared with those of vegetable and palm...

Author(s): Adolf Oti-Boakye, Akwasi Acheampong, Gyang Nathan Ohene, Amoah Charles Agyei, Akorfa Akosua Agbosu

January 2018

Assessment of entomophagy in Abidjan (Cote D’ivoire, West Africa)

In order to assess the contribution of edible insects to the efforts for combatting food insecurity and poverty in Côte d’Ivoire, a survey aimed at identifying edible insects in Côte d’Ivoire was conducted from August 2014 to August 2015 in three communes in the city of Abidjan (Abobo, Adjamé and Yopougon). Four hundred and seventy-two people were interviewed at random. The results...

Author(s): G. P. EHOUNOU, S. W. M. OUALI-N’GORAN and S. NIASSY