African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development Rural Outreach Program ISSN: 1684-5358 EISSN: 1684-5374 Vol. 9, Num. 6, 2009

African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development, Vol. 9, No. 6, Sept, 2009, pp.

Foreward

Ruth Oniang'o

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

Code Number: nd09061

Issue 27 is here and pays special tribute to the International Congress of Nutrition now in its 19th gathering to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 4th to 9th October 2009. As we head to Bangkok, we are keen to forge new partnerships and encourage those with good data to publish with us.

Please visit our website: www.ajfand.net

Also feel free to let us know if you have a paper published elsewhere which you believe might appeal to the readership of AJFAND as we shall get permission from your publishers to re-publish it. If you wish to review for AJFAND, please let us know.

We hope you enjoy this issue.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

Editorial: Prof. Ruth Oniang'o
The 19th International Congress on Nutrition (ICN)

• Evaluation of a green leafy vegetable intervention in Ghanaian postpartum mothers.
  Newton Samuel et al.

• The contribution of African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) to vitamin A intake and the influence of income in rural Kenya.
  Oiye Shadrack et al.

• Evaluation of the daily iron intake by non-breastfed Egyptian infants and young children.
  El-Arab Aly et al.

• Nutritional status of children (6-59 months) among HIV-positive mothers/caregivers living in an urban setting of Uganda.
  Bukusuba John et al.

• Proximate composition and the functional properties of defatted seed and protein isolates of kargo (Piliostigma reticulatum) seed.
  Agbaji Abel et al.

• Bacteriological quality of bottled water sold on the Ghanaian market.
  Addo Kwasi et al.

• Quality of physalis (physalis pubescens L.) juice packaged in glass bottles and flexible laminated packs during storage at 5°c.
  El-Sheikha Aly et al.

• Econometric analysis of the impact of agricultural insurance of farming systems in the middle belt, Nigeria.
  Olubiyo S et al.

• Microbiological and acidity changes during the traditional production of kirario: An indigenous Kenyan fermented porridge produced from green maize and millet.
  Nkirote Kunyanga et al.

• The tomato industry in northern Ghana: Production constraints and strategies to improve competitiveness.
  Clottey Victor et al.

• PAPER RE-PRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHERS
  Women's nutribusiness cooperatives in Kenya: An integrated strategy for sustaining rural livelihoods.
  Maretzki Audrey

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