Aug. 8 (UPI) --Mucuna pruriens, a bean that naturally contains traces of levodopa, or L-dopa, which converts into dopamine in the brain, has been long used in Ayurvedic medicine for issues ranging ...

For years farmers with degraded soils in Nyanza have had to rely on fertiliser from the shops to boost their soil health or nutrients. But now farmer Sophia Akelo says they have discovered that the ...

The farmers of Zambia once considered the velvet bean (Mucuna purensis) poisonous. Now, farmers have learned that in fact, this grain legume is highly nutritious and, as a feed supplement, can ...