advanced pumpkin seed oil press in uganda

   
advanced pumpkin seed oil press in uganda
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • advanced pumpkin seed oil press in uganda
Is Pumpkin an underutilized fruit vegetable in Uganda?

Pumpkin is one of the underutilized fruit vegetables in Uganda despite the fact that it has wide spectrum of both nutritional and medicinal values.

Who is involved in pumpkin cultivation?

From the survey, it was observed that mostlyelderly people above 46 years were involved in pumpkin cultivation; youths were less involved and pumpkin cultivation is mainly practiced on a small scale.

Can obwelu and pumpkin be used in home preparation of provitamin A carotenoids?

Therefore, this study selected common bean, Obwelu and pumpkin, Sweet cream, locally cultivated in rural Uganda [19, 20], for use in the home preparation of a novel provitamin A carotenoids (PVACs), iron and zinc rich complementary food (CF).

Is Pumpkin a food security crop?

Farmers appreciate the crop¡¯s nutritional and medicinal values, in addition to being a source of livelihood. Pumpkin fruit vegetable is multipurpose in that all the parts of the plant can be consumed thus minimizing food wastage and also the plant can stay long on the shelf thus has thepotential to act as a food security crop.