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Potential use of sorghum in school feeding programs
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Potential use of sorghum in school feeding programs
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Rohrbach, D D
Mgoba, C Tenu, A J H |
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Sorghum
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To encourage the cultivation of sorghum, which is more drought tolerant than maize, it is desirable to replace a portion of the maize used in school feeding programmes with sorghum. The immediate constraint was the acceptability of sorghum among school children. A set of sensory taste trials were established to evaluate the acceptability of sorghum in breakfast porridge (uji) and stiff porridge (ugali) used for lunches at three schools in Tanzania. A sample of 106 children participated in the trials. Each received uji made from both dehulled and hulled grain. On a different day each received ugali made from both dehulled and hulled grain. Almost 98% of children found the sorghum acceptable as a replacement for maize in breakfast and lunch meals. It is hoped to substitute 10% of the maize used in the school feeding programme with sorghum rising to 50% in the next years.
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2002
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/1614/1/ISMN43_11-12_2002.pdf
Rohrbach, D D and Mgoba, C and Tenu, A J H (2002) Potential use of sorghum in school feeding programs. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 43. pp. 11-12. |
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