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Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains (Lost Crops of Africa Vol. I) by National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science and Technology for International Development.; National Research Council (U.S.). Development, Security, and Cooperation is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains (Lost Crops of Africa Vol. I) about?
Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants.<br> When experts were asked to nominate African food plants for inclusion in a new book, a list of 30 species grew quickly to hundreds. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruits--"lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation.<br> This volume focuses on native cereals, including<br> <ul> <li>African rice, reserved until recently as a luxury food for religious rituals.</li> <li>Finger millet, neglected internationally although it is a staple for millions.</li> <li>Fonio (acha), probably the oldest African cereal and sometimes called "hungry rice."</li> <li>Pearl millet, a widely used grain that still holds great untapped potential.</li> <li>Sorghum, with prospects for making the twenty-first century the "century of sorghum."</li> <li>Tef, in many ways ideal but only now enjoying budding commercial production.</li> <li>Other cultivated and wild grains.<br>
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- Author
- National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science and Technology for International Development.; National Research Council (U.S.). Development, Security, and Cooperation
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780309049900
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Science, Technology, Agriculture