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Surveying the use of neglected and underutilized food-plant species in Africa. Case of Nyando, Western Kenya

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Title Surveying the use of neglected and underutilized food-plant species in Africa. Case of Nyando, Western Kenya
 
Creator Recha, Tobias
Otieno, Gloria Atieno
Vernooy, Ronnie
Kipng’eno, Isaac
Adhiambo, Evaline
Obuom, John
 
Subject underutilized species
dietary diversity
food analysis
surveys
especie infrautilizada
diversidad de la alimentación
análisis de alimentos
 
Description For centuries, neglected and under-utilized species (NUS) have been grown for their food, fiber, fodder, oil, and medicinal properties. Sometimes known as forgotten foods, they include cultivated, semi-domesticated and wild species and traditional varieties. Their roles have been increasingly undervalued, and their importance increasingly neglected by researchers, policymakers and markets.
This report presents a case study that focuses on the uses of NUS in Nyando, Western Kenya, grown in two contrasting agro-ecologies (semi-arid, and sub-humid), both characterized by rising maximum temperatures and precipitation, decreasing minimum temperatures, and an increasing aridity index.
 
Date 2022-07
2022-08-31T10:12:50Z
2022-08-31T10:12:50Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Recha, T.; Otieno, G.; Vernooy, R.; Kipng’eno, I.; Adhiambo, E.; Obuom, J. (2022) Surveying the use of neglected and underutilized food-plant species in Africa. Case of Nyando, Western Kenya. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International 56 p. ISBN: 978-92-9255-252-7
978-92-9255-252-7
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121032
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 56 p.
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