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The Tanganyika groundnut scheme, or East Africa groundnut scheme, was a failed attempt by the British government to cultivate tracts of its African trust territory Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania) with peanuts.
It moved in 2005 due to lobbying by the Groundnut Farmers Association of Nigeria. The first executive secretary of the organization was Jacques Diouf . The setting up of AGC was intended to promote economic cooperation and discuss common problems such as commodity pricing among African producers, it also acts as a common marketing, research and ...
Omo tuo with groundnut soup and meat. Omo tuo (Twi: ɛmo tuo; "rice balls") is a Ghanaian staple food made with rice.Mostly, "broken rice" or long grain rice broken into smaller pieces is used.
The adoption of traditional plant breeding methods to enhance nutritional benefits of locally grown food crops such as Bambara groundnut is an economic and affordable strategy to decrease malnutrition in Africa. [27] The form and colour of Bambara groundnut were all important factors to optimize the best extraction yield of phytochemicals ...
Kokonte, also known as abeti3, lapiiwa, lapelawa [1] or “face the wall”, is a staple swallow food eaten in some parts of Africa including Togo, Ghana and others. In Ghana, kokonte is eaten by most of the ethnic groups like the Ga, Akan, Hausa, [2] Kokonte usually is brown, grey and deep green depending on the type of ethnic group that prepares the dish.
Kuli-kuli is a common crispy snack in Ghana and many other parts of West Africa. [8] The ingredients and shapes used are not universal. In the northern part of the country, especially among the Dagbon people, kuli-kuli is made from the residue from groundnuts during the extraction of groundnut oil. [9]
The 26th National Farmers' Day of the 2010 Ghana-KITA Best Institution Award in Ashanti Region. Agriculture in Ghana consists of a variety of agricultural products and is an established economic sector, providing employment on a formal and informal basis. [1] [2] It is represented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. [3]
Macrotyloma geocarpum is also known as the ground bean, geocarpa groundnut, Hausa groundnut, or Kersting's groundnut. In French, it is often called la lentille de terre . M. geocarpum is an herbaceous annual plant and a crop of minor economic importance in sub-Saharan Africa , tolerant of drought, with a growth habit similar to that of the peanut .