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Combined Food Processing Methods, and Crayfish Supplementation: Achieving Complementary Food Quality Improvement in the Lower-Middle Income Countries - A Nigeria Case Addressing the scourge of malnutrition in the low- and middle-income regions especially Nigeria of Sub-Sahara Africa, Combined Food Processing Methods, and Crayfish Supplementation provides evidence-based strategies for improving complementary food quality. This essential guide equips healthcare professionals, policymakers, child-bearing mothers, and caregivers with practical tools, local complementary food solutions, and sustainable approaches to ensure optimal nutrition among Under-Five children. The book is divided into two sections, namely, Section One, Standings of Combined Processing Methods on the Quality of Nigerian Yellow Maize and Soybean, and Section Two, Improving the Quality of Complementary Foods in Nigeria: A Review of Crayfish’s Nutritive and Health Values. Section One is a primary source that provided evidence-based for achieving quality improvement of locally available Nigerian yellow maize and soybean seeds through combined processing methods. Section Two is a secondary source that presented crayfish's nutritive and health benefits to encourage the consumption during complementary feeding in Nigeria with eventual promoting of better nourishment among the populace, especially the Under-five children. Food combined processing methods increased nutrients and decreased anti-nutrient contents of Nigerian yellow maize and soybean seeds, and the introduction of crayfish diet during complementary feeding may lower undernutrition among Under-five children from lower-middle Income Countries especially from Nigeria. Hence, the processing methods and crayfish supplementation offer potential strategies for quality improvement of complementary foods, especially from Nigerians Yellow maize and soybean, to achieving food security for sustainable development goals. This book is a beacon of hope for building a stronger, more resilient future through better nutrition.