Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Urban areas"
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An Assessment of potential Health hazards in sweetpotatoes (ipomoea batatas) / grown and consumed in urban areas" around Nairobi
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2003)This study was carried out to investigate the safety of urban grown food crops with respect to contamination by heavy metals. Sweetpotatoes, grown and consumed around Nairobi, were used as the reference food crop. This ... -
Nutritional, hygiene ans socio-economic dimensions of street foods urban areas:the case of Nairobi
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2002)Exceptionally high rates of urbanisation in developing countries have been coupled with lack of employment and increasing urban poverty and undernutrition. Urban populations are thus utilising a variety of initiatives ...