Retention of Vitamins A and D in Fortified Soybean Oil During Ethiopian Traditional Cooking and Shelf-Life Stability During Storage.

Vitamin A and vitamin D deficiencies continue to pose serious health challenges, especially in low- and middle-income countries like Ethiopia. One promising way to tackle this issue is by fortifying everyday foods-such as cooking oils-with essential nutrients to help improve the overall intake across communities. This study investigated the stbility of vitamins A and D in fortified soybean oil during common Ethiopian cooking practices and over time during storage.

Examining energy and nutrient production across the different agroecological zones in rural Ethiopia using statistical methods.

Poor-quality diets are of huge concern in areas where consumption is dominated by locally sourced foods that provide inadequate nutrients. In agroecologically diverse countries like Ethiopia, food production is also likely to vary spatially. Yet, little is known about how nutrient production varies by agroecology.

Human activities modulate reciprocal effects of a subterranean ecological engineer rodent, , on Afroalpine vegetation cover.

Human activities, directly and indirectly, impact ecological engineering activities of subterranean rodents. As engineering activities of burrowing rodents are affected by, and reciprocally affect vegetation cover via feeding, burrowing and mound building, human influence such as settlements and livestock grazing, could have cascading effects on biodiversity and ecosystem processes such as bioturbation. However, there is limited understanding of the relationship between human activities and burrowing rodents.