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Nutritional Composition of Bambara Groundnut
2021Nutritionally, Bambara groundnut (BGN) is superior to other legumes crops and selected accessions revealed nutrition potentials in some lines. The chapter presents the proximate composition of different varieties, discusses the content and quality of the carbohydrate, ash, fat, fiber, and effects of processing on antinutrients and bioactives.
Victoria A. Jideani, Afam I. O. Jideani
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2021
Promotion of agro-enterprise development can provide positive impacts on employment in both rural and urban areas, offer market access to smallholder agriculture, create business linkages to Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and enhance food security by reducing post-harvest losses and extending the shelf-life of food and fibers for the rapidly ...
Victoria A. Jideani, Afam I. O. Jideani
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Promotion of agro-enterprise development can provide positive impacts on employment in both rural and urban areas, offer market access to smallholder agriculture, create business linkages to Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and enhance food security by reducing post-harvest losses and extending the shelf-life of food and fibers for the rapidly ...
Victoria A. Jideani, Afam I. O. Jideani
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Production Practices of Bambara Groundnut
2021Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc) is a leguminous crop belonging to the family Fabaceae; subfamily Papilionoideae. Bambara groundnut is widely grown in sub-Saharan Africa for its edible seeds, providing starch and protein for human food. The plants also serve as livestock feed, fodder, and forage.
Abe Shegro Gerrano +4 more
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Limitations to Bambara Groundnut Utilisation
2021The potentials of Bambara groundnut for food and industrial applications have been recognized. Considering its nutrient profile and agronomic traits, the crop is a good candidate to alleviate food and nutrition insecurity in Africa. Unfortunately, there are yet notable concerns that processors and consumers of Bambara groundnut have to contend with ...
Olaide A. Akintayo +4 more
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Bambara Groundnut Proteins and Protein Isolates
2021The structure and composition of protein are essential to explain legumes’ functionality and application in food systems. The amino acid composition of Bambara groundnut [BGN] was compared to those of other legumes like soybean. A better understanding of protein isolates (PIs) or concentrates from legumes will lead to their practical utilization in ...
Victoria A. Jideani, Afam I. O. Jideani
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Potential Industrial Applications of Bambara Groundnut
2021Bambara groundnut has great potentials as an industrial raw material as documented by several authors. The emergence of climate change has threatened the cultivation and yield of currently commercialized legume crops indicating the need for alternative crop.
Beatrice I. O. Ade-Omowaye +2 more
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Ethnonutritional and Ethnomedicinal Uses of Bambara Groundnut
2021The chapter presents the ethnonutritional and ethnomedicinal uses of Bambara groundnut (BGN) prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The entire value chain from farm to fork is surrounded by some indigenous knowledge that needs exploitation. Seeds of mature black landrace are used in traditional medicine.
Victoria A. Jideani, Afam I. O. Jideani
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Physical properties of bambara groundnuts
Journal of Food Engineering, 2001Abstract The physical properties of bambara groundnut and other grains and seeds are necessary for the design of equipment to handle, transport, process and store the crop. The physical properties of bambara groundnut have been evaluated as a function of grain moisture content varying from 5% to 35% (wb).
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The biodiversity of eukaryotes in Bambara groundnut rhizosphere
2023Abstract Bambara groundnut has been observed to resist pest and drought, and still able to produce enormous yield when cultivated on poor soil. The advantages of the crop to farmers includes the fact that it produces enormous yield with very low agricultural input.
CF Ajilogba +3 more
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Traditional Food Uses of Bambara Groundnut
2021Bambara groundnut is a traditional crop in Africa that has been widely used in the preparation of many indigenous food products. These traditional foods from Bamabara groundnut play a key role in the nutrition of people in Africa where malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency are prevalent.
Sogo J. Olatunde +5 more
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