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Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems

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Title Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems
 
Creator McMullin, S.
Stadlmayr, B.
Mausch, K.
Revoredo-Giha, C.
Burnett, F.
Guarino, Luigi
Brouwer, Inge D.
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Graudal, Lars
Powell, W.
Dawson, I.K.
 
Subject orphan crops
nutrition
food systems
diversification
food consumption
 
Description Nutritious ‘orphan’ crops could (re)diversify African food systems, but appropriate means to bring this about are required. A review of the literature on crop intervention options suggested success and failure factors in promotion, but indicated little about the relative importance of production-versus consumption-based measures and how these interact. An analysis of secondary crop production data indicated that addressing food policies could be valuable for orphan crop mainstreaming, but, as with literature review, did not provide clear guidance on the importance of different interventions. A survey of experts suggested that cross-disciplinary teams are important for developing mainstreaming strategies, but revealed no clear consensus on the importance of particular measures for specific orphan crops. We discuss the implications of these findings.
 
Date 2021-03-01
2021-02-28T10:58:21Z
2021-02-28T10:58:21Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier McMullin, S., Stadlmayr, B., Mausch, K., Revoredo-Giha, C., Burnett, F., Guarino, L., Brouwer, I.D., Jamnadass, R., Graudal, L., Powell, W., Dawson, I.K. 2021. Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems. Global Food Security 28: 100465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100465
2211-9124
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111627
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100465
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Source Global Food Security