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Adding value to neglected and underutilized crop species: Experiences from Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Title Adding value to neglected and underutilized crop species: Experiences from Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
 
Creator Vernooy, Ronnie
Otieno, Gloria
Adokorach, Joyce
Fusire, Merceline
Munkombwe, Graybill
Mitei, Dalmus
Kimani, Dominic
 
Subject conservation agriculture
seed systems
smallholders
genetic resources conservation
resource management
 
Description This brief presents the research results of the promotion and value addition of selected neglected and underutilized crops in Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Novel products and value chains were identified, such as (nutritious) composite flours using/mixing amaranth, cassava, millets, yellow (instead of white) maize and sorghum, for particular consumer groups, e.g. adults, adults with diabetes, babies. The production and marketing of these crops and products offers an alternative to the use of maize, whose cultivation is suffering from the impact of climate change across East and Southern Africa.
 
Date 2023-10-23
2023-11-22T08:25:30Z
2023-11-22T08:25:30Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Vernooy, R.; Otieno, G.; Adokorach, J.; Fusire, M.; Munkombwe, G.; Mitei, D.; Kimani, D. (2023) Adding value to neglected and underutilized crop species: Experiences from Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. 8 p.
978-92-9255-307-4
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134610
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 8 p.
application/pdf