The research results point to the need of sustaining plant protein sources to large populations
in sub-Saharan Africa that have no access to meat. Proteins are essential components of the
human body and therefore indispensable for human life. Malnutrition and diseases are often
caused because of the lack of sufficient proteins. Since animal sources of protein are out of
reach to more than 85% of the people of sub-Saharan Africa the challenge is to make protein
otherwise accessible available and affordable to the ordinary man. Owing to the influence of
climate change and population explosion the situation at discussion will exacerbate within the
coming decade. Therefore non-animal protein must be brought into focus in order to prevent
major diseases of malnutrition.
