Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security (eBook, ePUB)

Promoting Neglected and Underutilized Species
Redaktion: Padulosi, Stefano; Swaminathan, M. S.; Hunter, Danny; King, E. D. Israel Oliver

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000450422
• Artikelnr.: 62553646

Autorenporträt

Stefano Padulosi is a Senior Scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Via di San Dominico, 1, 00153, Rome, Italy. E.D. Israel Oliver King is Principal Scientist at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India. Danny Hunter is a Senior Scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Via di San Dominico, 1, 00153, Rome, Italy. M.S. Swaminathan is the Founder of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I - INTRODUCTION TO NUS 1. NUS: What they are and why the world needs
them 2. Landmark of NUS events and key publications 3. Mainstreaming NUS
for nutrition sensitive agriculture: a holistic approach 4. NUS and Peoples
sense of dietary diversity and well-being 5.Diversity and small millets in
India 6.From discovery to food system diversification with African
Neglected and Underutilized species 7. Barriers to adopting a diversity of
NUS fruit trees in Latin American food systems 8. Promoting Buckwheat in
China 9.Neglected and underutilized species for sustainable food and
nutrition security and role of conservation in Mexico 10. Neglected and
underutilized species in Brazil: from obscurity to the non-conventional
edible plants 11. Underutilized genetic resources and crop diversification
in Europe 12. Neglected and underutilized species and Indigenous foodways
of Oceania PART II - APPROACHES, METHODS AND TOOLS FOR THE USE ENHANCEMENT
OF NUS 13. The BFN mainstreaming toolkit. A roadmap to using neglected and
underutilized species for food system change 14. Development of seasonal
calendars for sustainable diets- experiences from Guatemala, Mali and India
15. Enhancing the use of underutilized food crops: partnerships in a
success story of pop cereal business in Kenya 16. Agritourism and
conservation of neglected and underutilized native Andean crops in Santiago
de Okola, Bolivia 17. Mainstreaming African vegetables to improve diets and
livelihoods 18. Slow Food and NUS: Protecting and promoting endangered food
products PART III - INTEGRATED CONSERVATION AND USE OF MINOR MILLETS 19.
Conservation and utilization of small millets genetic resources: Global and
Indian perspectives 20.Challenges to Conserving Millets in Ecologically
Sensitive Areas 21. Community-centred value chain development of
nutri-millets: challenges and best practices in India 22 Taking Millets to
Millions: Experiences from Government-Driven value chains. 23. Millet based
intercropping systems facilitated by beneficial microbes for climate
resilient sustainable farming in tropics 24. Status of minor millets
processing technologies in India: an overview PART IV -NUTRITIONAL AND FOOD
SECURITY ROLES OF MINOR MILLETS 25. Modelling the food security role of
millets under climate change in eastern Madhya Pradesh 26. Germplasm
characterization and novel technologies to unleash the nutritional
potentials of small millets 27. Millets in Farming Systems in support of
Nutrition and Social Safety Net Programmes 28. The Smart Food Approach: The
importance of the triple bottom line and diversifying staples PART V -
STAKEHOLDERS AND GLOBAL CHAMPIONS 29. NUS and Local Communities 30. NUS and
Private Sector 31. Perspectives from R4D and International Agencies
supporting NUS PART VI - BUILDING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT 32. Equity,
Gender and Millets: Implications for Policy 33. What is going on around the
world: major NUS players and ongoing efforts 34. In a well-nourished world,
underutilized crops will be on the table