Essay About Okra

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CHAPTER 2
Review of Related Literature and Studies
To meet demand for nutritionally balanced food for the world’s increasing population and relieve the intense pressure on land use and natural resources, plant species used as food must be diversified. Inclusion of a wide array of indigenous vegetable species in cereals-, tubers- and livestock-based agriculture will be crucial to contribute to food/nutritional security and income diversification for stakeholders in the subsistence farming system that predominate in the underdeveloped and developing world. Therefore, improving the genetic potential of indigenous vegetables like okra (Abelmoschus spp.) is of paramount importance. Okra has considerable area under cultivation in Africa and Asia with huge socioeconomic potential.
In the Philippines, as in other tropical countries, the main sources of edible and industrial oils are coconut, oil palm and soybean. Oils of commercial importance from these species have received appreciable research attention because of their nutritional, medical and health benefits. However, increase in the human population, shortage of fertile land and restrictions in the importation of food have contributed to the high prices of these …show more content…

It is clear that the main constituents of OBF are a-cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin and the rest are very minor in portion, so render a little influence to the structure of OBF. Therefore, the structure of a-cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin and the mode of combinations that exist in between themselves are dominating the structure of OBF. Kumar, S et al. (2013). A Review On: Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra). International Research Journal of Pharmaceutical and Applied Sciences (IRJPAS), 3(4),

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