African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development, Vol. 8, No. 4, Dec, 2008

Foreward

Ruth Oniang'o

Founder Editor-in-Chief, AJFAND
Hon. Prof. Ruth K. Oniang'o, PhD, Founder, Rural Outreach Program (ROP) www.ropkenya.org , AND Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND), Formerly: African Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences (AJFNS) , KARI-NARL Complex, Westlands, Off Waiyaki Way, P.O. Box 29086-00625 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254-20-4444030 Fax: +254-20-4444030 Email: oniango@iconnect.co.ke Website: www.ajfand.net

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Dear Readers

We are happy to release this Christmas issue in good time.

This will be our last issue for this year and as such we at AJFAND wish you all happy holidays, and a most successful year 2009.We extend our appreciation for your support and look forward to continued collaboration. Let me extend thanks to both old and new reviewers, our technical team, the team at AJFAND secretariat and to all the authors.

Enjoy the papers in this issue

• The role of home gardening in household food security in Butere division of western Kenya .
  Anne Aswani et al.

• Influence of agricultural biodiversity on dietary diversity of preschool children in Matungu division, western Kenya.
  Beatrice Ekesa et al.

• Impact of low nutrient intake on infant mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa.
  Gafar Ijaiya and Abdulrazaq Yahaya

• Effects of two commercial meat tenderizers on different cuts of goat's meat in Namibia.
  Peter Bille and MS Taapopi

• The use of safety devices in adoption of agro-chemicals by rice farmers in obafemi-owade local government area of Ogun State.
  Frank Kuponiyi and JG Adewale

• Effects of poultry offal meal and soyabean meal mixtures on the performance and carcass quality of broiler chicks.
  Stephen Bolu and A Adakeja

• Performance and haematological evaluation of weaner rabbits fed loofah gourd seed meal (Luffa Cylindrica [M.J. Roem]).
  Ayodeji Dairo

• Evaluation of some factors influencing growth performance of local goats in Nigeria.
  Danjuma Zahraddeen et al.

• The effect of the interaction of various spawn grains and oil types on carpophore dry weight, stipe length and stipe and pileus diameters of lentinus squarrosulus (mont.) singer.
  Peter Nwanze et al.

• Effects of drying methods on properties of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) seed oil.
  Abidemi Taiwo et al.

Warm regards

Ruth Oniang'o
Founder Editor-in-Chief, AJFAND

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