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A microbiota is “the ecological community of commensal, symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms that literally share our body space”. Joshua Lederberg coined the term, emphasising the importance of microorganisms inhabiting the human body in health and disease. Gut microbiota info – Everything you always wanted to know about the gut microbiota… The word microbiota represents an ensemble of microorganisms that resides in ...

The veterinary laboratories of the world are often quite good or even excellent.   The determining factor for a food product to be accepted into international trade agreements, it must pass rigorous standards or the entire country may be denied the export of food products. Even with these constraints and controls, large industrialized countries like the US may have tolerances ...

As Health Adviser for the development of foreign populations, the stabilization efforts within my range include food security, natural and man-made disaster response, infectious disease control and wellness management.  The conventional tools for this work are complimented with traditional-culture medicine (naturopathy, ethnobotany & all available natural therapies). For example, ethnobotanical livestock parasite is a clean way to improve the productivity ...

Many and varied, the applications of Aloe vera are good medicine.  It is a thick, short-stemmed plant that stores water in its leaves. It is widely used in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food industries, and has an estimated annual market value of $13 billion globally. Aloe vera is well recognized by its thick, pointed and fleshy green leaves, which can grow to ...

Research links carrageenan to gastrointestinal inflammation, including higher rates of colon cancer, in laboratory animals. Yet it is still found in many foods, including some certified organic foods. Cornucopia’s report, Carrageenan: New Studies Reinforce Link to Inflammation, Cancer and Diabetes, compiles scientific studies pointing to harm from consuming food-grade carrageenan (Vitamin Agent – Medical professionals, Nutritionists, Naturopaths, Integrative Practitioners – Please ...

Mosquitoes continue to prove they are important disease transmission vectors.   The Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) transmitting “Chikungunya” and the Yellow Fever & Zika Mosquito (Aedes aegypti), Malaria (Anopholes spp.) are but a few diseases which we may hear more about with global warming and additionally assist in their becoming popular in everyday conversation.  Zika is however one of the mosquito borne ...

Ocean products are some of the most stringently regulated in the agricultural/aqua-cultural arena.  There remains adequate inquiry into farmed fish and shellfish industries.   The restrictions addressing over fishing are our next challenge.

With the inclusion of drugs, hormones, disinfectants, pesticides, herbicides, etc., coming to the fore of concern regarding the drawbacks of factory farmed meats, we now concern ourselves with production methods.  The image featured duplicates the vision of massive poultry raising operations which large corporations find are most profitable.  Traces of toxins, hormones and a myriad of other unwanted ingredients may ...

The cooperation of Africans is lively when it comes to their new-found importance in the global food-security arena. Many previously undervalued lands are finding international attention as food provision resources.   Our struggle – keep the playing field level  in making new land agreements equitable for developing country inhabitants as well as the opportunity for public-private partnerships.

Ministry staff were elegant during the interruption of my visits and inquiries.   Why? – they are enthusiastic about sharing the insights of proven agricultural  strengths, experiments in new methods and making their own inquiries.  They were very interested in global trends and perceptions about the future of Ethiopia’s  ascenton and the global perception of their country and Africa on the whole.