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You can't read if you don't have light, we gave our literacy graduates a solar light in Kenya
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Re: You can't read if you don't have light, we gave our literacy graduates a solar light in Kenya
Our project (toothpickproject.org) involved mitigating a real problem for subsistence farmers in Kenya. The problem was a serious yield reducing parasitic weed, Striga (witchweed). As we trained subs… (View Post)2 -
Re: Minimum Viable Product
A relatively immediate solution exits involving currently grown crops. Find the existing crops that make the most balanced protein (best mix of essential amino acids) and find cultivars of those crop… (View Post)3 -
Re: Factors Enabling the Success of Alternative Protein Products
Iron needs to be there, and it has to be available. Phytic acid (inositol hexaphosphate) in grains ties up iron and zinc, making them unavailable even though they are there. When grain sprouts, phyta… (View Post)1 -
Re: Factors Enabling the Success of Alternative Protein Products
Let's look at maize. Its principal seed storage is zein. Zein is very low in essential amino acids. Lysine is low and tryptophan (a precursor of serotonin) is absent. The technology to remove zein an… (View Post)2
