Resources Tagged: Underutilized Crops

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  1. Jicama

    2009-01-20 Native to Central America, Jicama is also known as the Mexican Turnip or Yam Bean. The edible part is a large tuber that develops just below the surface of the ground (Figure 3). The rest of the plant is mildly toxic.
    Underutilized Crops Vegetables Legume

  2. Experience with the Chaya Plant in Kenya

    2003-01-20 Chaya is sometimes dubbed "the spinach tree." It is a fast growing drought and disease-resistant shrub that provides large quantities of edible, very nutritious leaves.
    Dark Green Leafy V... Underutilized Crops Chaya Nutrition

  3. Lost Crops of Africa. Volume 1: Grains

    1996-04-19 The species covered include: African rice, finger millet, fonio (acha), pearl millets, sorghums (subsistence, commercial, specialty, and fuel and utility types), tef, other cultivated grains (guinea millet, emmer, irregular barley, and Ethiopian oats), and wild grains.
    Grain Crops Underutilized Crops

  4. Disease-Resistant Tepary Beans Now Available

    1995-03-19 Tepary beans are a very drought resistant bean.
    Underutilized Crops Tepary Beans Legume Beans

  5. Scientists see role for insects and ‘orphan crops’ in human diet

    Clive Cookson DECEMBER 6, 2017 12 Remarkably few plant and animal species dominate global agriculture and food production. Cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry make up most of the livestock sector, while wheat, maize, rice and soya account for 60 per cent of the world’s total crop output. Fewer than...
    Food Security Underutilized Crops

  6. Crops For the Future

    MISSION To develop solutions that diversify agriculture using underutilised crops. OUR GOALS To secure a greater role for underutilised crops in global agriculture, especially in developing regions of the world. Through our research, provide trusted knowledge on underutilised crops. With our...
    Underutilized Crops Food Security

  7. Strawberry Tree

    2003-07-20 The Strawberry Tree (Muntingia calabura), also known as Jamaica Cherry, is a multipurpose tree that quickly grows to 8 to 13 meters in height. The tree produces a small red fruit, but is largely valued for its wood. It is remarkably fast-growing for a tree having such hard wood.
    Underutilized Crops Agroforestry Fruit Trees Firewood Timber Muntingia calabura

  8. An Introduction to Neglected and Underutilized Species

    2018-01-17
    NUS Underutilized Crops Asia

  9. What Seed Would You Take To An Uninhabited Tropical Island?

    1982-05-19 Dr. Frank is known to many of you as author of several books and articles on tropical subsistence farming. He works at the Mayaguez Institute of Tropical Agriculture (USDA) in Puerto Rico. Currently his research centers around sweet potato improvement for the tropics. We recently received from...
    Underutilized Crops Seed Selection

  10. Sago Palm, Metroxylon sagu Rottb.

    1997-01-19 Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 13 76 pages, illustrated, photos
    Palms Palm Varieties Tropical Trees Useful Tree Underutilized Crops Sago palms