Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security: Promoting Neglected and Underutilized Species

ISBN-13: 9780367902827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 470 str.

Stefano Padulosi; Israel Oliver King; M. S. Swaminathan

Opis

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

Spis treści

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