African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Rural Outreach Program ISSN: 1684-5358 EISSN: 1684-5374 Vol. 9, Num. 4, 2009

African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development, Vol. 9, No. 4, June, 2009

Foreward

Ruth Oniang'o

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: +254-20-2351785 Fax: +254-20-4444030 Email: oniango@iconnect.co.ke Website: www.ajfand.net

Code Number: nd09037

We at AJFAND are happy to release Issue 25 of the journal.

It is a great issue with a commentary on biotechnology and a variety of very interesting papers. Under newsbits  is the story of my quarantine in China in May 2009. There is also an invitation from Prof. Gordon Robertson to those who can write chapters for an online book.

We thank our dedicated reviewers for their tireless commitment that has enabled us to release another issue in a month.

We hope to continue bringing you the very best that authors give us.

We wish you enjoyable reading.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

Editorial: Prof. Ruth Oniang'o
Biotechnology

• The dilemma of over and under nutrition coexistence among western Kenya children.
  Abdulkadir Egal et al.

• Prevalence of early childhood malnutrition and influencing factors in peri urban areas of Kabarole district, western Uganda.
  Turyashemererwa Florence et al.

• Micronutrient deficiencies in food aid beneficiaries: A review of seven African countries.
  Natalie Drorbaugh and Charlotte Neumann

• Bacteriological quality of sachet water produced and sold in Teshie-Nungua suburbs of Accra, Ghana.
  Addo Kennedy et al.

• Relationships of chemical composition, quantity of milt to fertility and hatchability of clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822).
  Ayoola Simeon
  
  
• Traditional processing, microbiological, physiochemical and sensory characteristics of kwete, a Ugandan fermented maize based beverage.
  Namugumya BS and CMBK Muyanja
  
  
• The effects of feeding triacylglcerols on milk fat composition, lipogenesis and polymer-protomer transition of acetyl-coa carboxylase in rat mammary.
  Oben Julius et al.
  
  
• Nutritional and rheological properties of swet potato based infant food and its preservation using antioxidants.
  Nandutu Agnes and NK Howell
  
  
• Effect of two storage methods on the keeping and sensory qualities of four plantain varieties.
  Johnson Paa and I Sugri
  
  
• Efficacy of traditional maize (Zea mays L.) seed storage methods in western Kenya.
  Wambugu Peterson et al.

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