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Value Addition in Underutilized Crops for Enhancing Nutritional Security of Tribals

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Title Value Addition in Underutilized Crops for Enhancing Nutritional Security of Tribals
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Creator Sachidananda Swain
G Kavita
Rajiv Sinha
D. Basantia
K. Abirami
Pooja Kapoor
Sanjay Kumar Pandey
Manoj Kumar
B. Gangaiah
A. Kundu
 
Subject Value Addition
Crops
Nutritional Security
Tribal
 
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The term “underutilized species” refer to those species whose potential to
improve people’s livelihoods, as well as food security and sovereignty, is not being
fully realized because of their limited competitiveness with commodity crops in
mainstream agriculture. While their potential may not be fully realized at national
level, they are of significant importance locally, being highly adapted to marginal,
complex and difficult environments and contributing significantly to diversification
and resilience of agro-ecosystems. Underutilized species include not just food
plants but also many other species—wild or cultivated—used as sources of oil, fuel,
fiber, fodder, beverages, stimulants, narcotics, ornamental, aromatic compounds,
and medicine. These crops are cultivated, traded and consumed locally. Most
of them are very rich sources of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients such as
carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Since, the underutilized horticultural crops have a
long history of consumption, the local people are aware about their nutritional and
medicinal properties. Moreover, these are cheap and readily available. In addition
to this, there is always demand from consumers for new, delicious, nutritious
and attractive food products. To satisfy this demand, there is a constant effort to
develop products from diverse sources. The potentiality of processed products
from some underutilized crops in the Island is still untapped.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands is one of the richest reservoirs of genetic
variability and diversity of different underutilized crops, which exist in plant
types, morphological and physiological variations, reactions to diseases and pests,
adaptability and distribution owing to congenial climatic conditions. It is a fact that
nutritional security of Island population cannot be met by focussing on the staple
and major horticultural crops alone with limited cultivated areas. This is an area of
attention and should be researched in the near future but the role of underutilized
species to that end need to be better recognized. Such a role can be realized in two
ways; first, by providing genetic traits for adaptation and second by strengthening
the resilience of agro-ecosystems through crop diversification. With regard to the
first way, historically, in a climate stable world, crop wild relatives (CWR) as gene
donors for plant breeding will be a major contributor to economic development and
food security. In second way, crop diversification with special attention to growing
of untapped resilient crop resources will be important for a stable agro-ecosystem.
It is worth to mention that huge potential exists for processing of the various
unexploited fruits of these Islands into high-value added products. In these Islands,
there is a great scope for the processed products not only because of their exotic
flavor but also due to their nutraceutical impotence and therapeutic values
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Date 2018-11-10T04:47:40Z
2018-11-10T04:47:40Z
2018-04-01
 
Type Technical Bulletin
 
Identifier Swain, Sachidananda., Kavita, G., Sinha, Rajiv., Basantia, D., Abirami, K., Kapoor, Pooja., Pandey, Sanjay Kumar., Kumar, Manoj., Gangaiah, B. and Kundu, A. Value Addition in Underutilized Crops for Enhancing Nutritional Security of Tribals. CIARI/STC/NRM/Technical Bulletin/ 01. Pp 1-40. 2018.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/10180
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Director, ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair