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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.
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.
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 ...
Tuo zaafi is a millet, sorghum or maize dish originating from Northern Ghana. [5] Fonfom is a maize dish popular in south-western Ghana. [5] Abolo, which is prepared by steaming corn dough and sugar mixture is a delicacy among the Ewes. It is eaten with various soups or sauces. Yoroyoro is widely eaten across Dagbon and many parts of Northern ...
Operation Feed Yourself aimed to increase levels of food crops produced in Ghana for domestic consumption. [2] Ideologically, the program was an attempt toward self-sufficiency. [3] Ultimately, Operation Feed Yourself failed to improve domestic food conditions in Ghana as local food crops remained scarce and price levels on these remained high. [3]
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]
Peanut stew or groundnut stew, also known as maafe (Wolof, mafé, maffé, maffe), sauce d'arachide (French) or tigadèguèna is a stew that is a staple food in Western Africa. [1] While maafe is a dish from Senegal, tigadéguéna originates from the Mandinka and Bambara people of Mali .
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 .