Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being
Abstract Climate change affects most remarkably Savannah regions in ways that alter agricultural productivity. In addition, these regions are marked by high prevalence of malnutrition and mortality related to undernourishment in children under 5 years old. One of the most promising solutions to sust...
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| author | Tiatou Souho Damipie Bomboma Ella W. R. Compaoré Abel Abli Essowèréou Batcha Ouadja Marcelle Kabassina Mikemina Pilo Rebecca Rachel Assa Epse Yao Kou’santa Sabiba Amouzou |
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| description | Abstract Climate change affects most remarkably Savannah regions in ways that alter agricultural productivity. In addition, these regions are marked by high prevalence of malnutrition and mortality related to undernourishment in children under 5 years old. One of the most promising solutions to sustainably fight malnutrition is to design programs that will consider locally produced foods and production approaches that protect the soil. The present study was designed to evaluate the nutritional quality of grains produced in the Savannah in order to provide data that will be used to make recommendations for nutrition and sustainable farming. Farmers in the Savannah region in Togo were interviewed about their productions and their produced grains were sampled for biochemical characterization. All producers exploit family lands and mainly produce grains. More than 98% of producers breed poultry by only at the family level. Biochemical characterization of the sampled foods shows that pulses present a relative high level of sand, fatty matters and proteins. Results show that both cereals and pulses contain sufficient energy, fatty matters, vitamins and minerals that are necessary for human wellbeing. Foods formulations could be made especially for children under food substitution. In addition, pulses production is encouraged for sustainable soil preservation. Graphical abstract |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6ee30b525d0411f84b00e45d6bbb23d2023-07-02T11:21:36ZengBMCFood Production, Processing and Nutrition2661-89742023-07-015111210.1186/s43014-023-00145-0Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well beingTiatou Souho0Damipie Bomboma1Ella W. R. Compaoré2Abel Abli Essowèréou3Batcha Ouadja4Marcelle Kabassina5Mikemina Pilo6Rebecca Rachel Assa Epse Yao7Kou’santa Sabiba Amouzou8Laboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de KaraLaboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de KaraLaboratory of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Food Technology and Nutrition (LABIOTAN), Department of Biochemistry-Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBOLaboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de KaraLaboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de KaraLaboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de KaraLaboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de KaraUFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyLaboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de KaraAbstract Climate change affects most remarkably Savannah regions in ways that alter agricultural productivity. In addition, these regions are marked by high prevalence of malnutrition and mortality related to undernourishment in children under 5 years old. One of the most promising solutions to sustainably fight malnutrition is to design programs that will consider locally produced foods and production approaches that protect the soil. The present study was designed to evaluate the nutritional quality of grains produced in the Savannah in order to provide data that will be used to make recommendations for nutrition and sustainable farming. Farmers in the Savannah region in Togo were interviewed about their productions and their produced grains were sampled for biochemical characterization. All producers exploit family lands and mainly produce grains. More than 98% of producers breed poultry by only at the family level. Biochemical characterization of the sampled foods shows that pulses present a relative high level of sand, fatty matters and proteins. Results show that both cereals and pulses contain sufficient energy, fatty matters, vitamins and minerals that are necessary for human wellbeing. Foods formulations could be made especially for children under food substitution. In addition, pulses production is encouraged for sustainable soil preservation. Graphical abstracthttps://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-023-00145-0SavannahCereals productionPulses productionNutritional valueSoil preservation |
| spellingShingle | Tiatou Souho Damipie Bomboma Ella W. R. Compaoré Abel Abli Essowèréou Batcha Ouadja Marcelle Kabassina Mikemina Pilo Rebecca Rachel Assa Epse Yao Kou’santa Sabiba Amouzou Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being Food Production, Processing and Nutrition Savannah Cereals production Pulses production Nutritional value Soil preservation |
| title | Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being |
| title_full | Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being |
| title_fullStr | Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being |
| title_short | Grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being |
| title_sort | grains production in high climate change impacted regions and its potential for the supply of critical nutrients for humans nutritional well being |
| topic | Savannah Cereals production Pulses production Nutritional value Soil preservation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-023-00145-0 |
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