Nutritional content of certain indigenous vegetables for food insecurity and malnutrition reduction in Kiambu County, Kenya

Indigenous vegetables are important for food insecurity, malnutrition reduction and therapeutic in sub-Saharan Africa countries. Most of indigenous vegetables are tolerant to climate change variability than exotic vegetables. In most of developing countries, indigenous vegetables are underutilized or neglected where some nutritional content are known and others are unknown. Leaves are the most preferred parts […]

Impact of city effluents on soil and vegetables in Pakistan

Waste water irrigation accumulating heavy toxic metals in soil and in plant grown posing a serious threat to biotic life. The represent research was aimed to assess city effluents on soil and vegetables in three different location of Faisalabad district in Pakistan. Samples of irrigation water, field soils and leafy vegetables were taken from random […]

Gastrointestinal parasites and bacteria’s in vegetables grown in soil treated with organic manure

An attempt was made to evaluate the parasitic load in vegetables grown organically is Majini Muhallah Gilgit, Pakistan. During this study Majini Muhallah was divided into three sectors. Six vegetables including Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), Cabbage (Brassica oleracea), Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Radish (Raphanus sativus), Sonchual (Malva verticillata) and Pino (Brassica rapa) were selected for the study. […]