Nutritional contributions and processability of pasta made from climate-smart, sustainable crops: A critical review P. Pinel, M. N. Emmambuxb, C. Bourlieu Read the article here 👇👇👇  

Proceeding of a workshop on: InnoFoodAfrica Dissemination Workshop – Consumption Survey Findings Read the Proceedings here 👇👇👇 📚📚📚    

InnoFoodAfrica at the University of Pretoria Student Presentation Day Dr. Katherine Smith | University of Pretoria On Tuesday the 10th of October, the postgraduate students from the various work [...]

IFA Exhibition at SAAFoST congress 2023 On the 27th – 30th of August, scientists, scholars, students and professionals from universities, research institutions and industries convened at the Cape [...]

InnoFoodAfrica presence at the South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST) 25th Biennial Congress. Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre | Date: 28th to 30th [...]

InnoFoodAfrica at the University of Pretoria Ms Katherine Smith | University of Pretoria Consumer Insights Work Package 1 of the InnoFood Africa (IFA) project includes an analysis of local value [...]

Innovation in African Food Systems: Highlights from the InnoFoodAfrica Stakeholder Engagement Workshop By Yvonne E. Mwende | Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International   Africa Harvest, [...]

Tackling overweight and obesity among Kenyan mothers in Nairobi – the Nutrition Club model Health Promotion Project Work | Suchaya Ngambundit, Ivan Garcia Acosta, Iida Ahokas, Heta Ervelius, [...]

FACTSHEET Protein-enrichment from African crops for value-added food ingredients Pia Silventoinen-Veijalainen, Natalia Rosa-Sibakov

Development of farmer value chains for poverty eradication in four value chains in Uganda   Rose Kawiri Nyaga Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International, in collaboration with [...]

Drought tolerant cowpea, sorghum, and finger millet varieties are adopted by Ugandan farmers Kiflemariam Y. Belachew1, Geoffrey Tusiime2, Yusuf Byaruhanga2, Magdalene Amuja3, Joyce T Ekere3, [...]

Exhibition at the Africa week, University of Pretoria, South AfricaMR L Manana Prepared by Yisa Njowe and Prof Emmambux | University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria on May 24 – 26, hosted [...]

Prof MN Emmambux Participation to the NAMPO AGRICULTURAL TRADE SHOW MR L Manana Prof MN Emmambux of University of Pretoria visited the NAMPO Agricultural Trade event organized by agriculture [...]

Development of farmer value chains for poverty eradication in four value chains in Uganda Gilbert Kibekityo | UMA 1.0 Background Information Eighty percent of Uganda’s land is arable but [...]

Stakeholder Engagement Workshop  Shakila Dada | University of Pretoria On the 23rd of May, stakeholders representing academia, industry, and small-scale farming participated in [...]

Replacing wheat with African climate-smart crops in bakery products Habtu Abraha | Upstream Research Manager Africa, Puratos It is a well-known fact that Africa heavily relies on imports to meet [...]

Practice abstracts on best crop farming practices and on seed production systems Makerere University, Kulika Uganda: finger millet, sorghum, banana, cowpea Africa Harvest: finger millet, sweet [...]

Unleashing the Potential of Crops in Africa through Value Chain Analysis Alemu Tesfaye | Communicarion & Dissemination Manager, InnoFoodAfrica   Introduction The potential of crops in [...]

Optimizing Diets for Nutritional Adequacy: A Study in Four African Countries Alemu Tesfaye, Noora Kanerva   The importance of a well-balanced diet cannot be overstated, especially in [...]

New Approaches to Address Malnutrition: The Development of Safe and Nutrient-Dense Ingredients in InnoFoodAfrica Alemu Tesfaye, Prof M Naushad Emmambux, Natalia Rosa-Sibakov Malnutrition is a [...]

Enhancing the utilization of local African grains in bread making By Dr. Ndegwa Maina University of Helsinki The current war between Russia and Ukraine has affected the world economy causing a [...]

Workshop – Food Systems in Africa and Mediterranean countries A workshop on Food Systems in Africa and Mediterranean countries was organised between the 7th and the 9th of November 2022 in [...]

InnoFoodAfrica at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition held in Tokyo, Japan From December 6 to 11, 2022 one researcher and one PhD student of the Institut Agro Montpellier presented a [...]

IFA Consortium Partners Visit to CHIPKINS PURATOS BAKERY Robyn Schnell from UP On the 31st of October 2022, InnoFoodAfrica project consortium partners visited the Chipkins Puratos factory. The [...]

An article by the University of Pretoria Flour power: UP researchers boost nutritive benefits of sweet potato with novel drying technology    

FACTSHEET Bio-based packaging to reduce food waste along the food chain Janne Keränen, Amelie Tribot  

A Value Chain Analysis and Market Survey Report with Information on the Barriers & Opportunities FINDINGS AND RESULTS ON VALUE CHAIN OF TEFF, FABA BEAN, WHITE-FLESHED SWEET POTATOES AND MAIZE [...]

New technology for speedy preparation of samp from hours to minutes Trond Løvdal*, Eda Coskun*†, Dagbjørn Skipnes* Nofima – Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, [...]

Development of healthy gluten-free crackers from African crops and applying bioprocessing The consumption of gluten-free products has risen notably during the past years. Most gluten-free [...]