A review of indigenous food crops in Africa and the implications for more sustainable and healthy food systems

R Akinola, LM Pereira, T Mabhaudhi, FM De Bruin… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most
notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance …

Prospects and potentials of underutilized leafy Amaranths as vegetable use for health-promotion

U Sarker, YP Lin, S Oba, Y Yoshioka… - Plant Physiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change causes environmental variation worldwide, which is one of the most serious
threats to global food security. In addition, more than 2 billion people in the world are …

Integrating genomics and genome editing for orphan crop improvement: a bridge between orphan crops and modern agriculture system

H Yaqoob, A Tariq, BA Bhat, KA Bhat, IB Nehvi… - GM Crops & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Domestication of orphan crops could be explored by editing their genomes. Genome editing
has a lot of promise for enhancing agricultural output, and there is a lot of interest in …

Genetics and breeding for climate change in Orphan crops

SN Kamenya, EO Mikwa, B Song, DA Odeny - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Climate change is rapidly changing how we live, what we eat and produce, the crops we
breed and the target traits. Previously underutilized orphan crops that are climate resilient …

Evaluation of the nutritional quality and in vivo digestibility of probiotic beverages enriched with cricket proteins

C Dridi, M Millette, BRA Uscanga, S Salmieri… - Food and Bioprocess …, 2023 - Springer
High-protein beverages are among the most consumed, but few offer nutritional or active
ingredients beyond their basic nutritional content. The purpose of this study was to …

Biological Activity and Chemical Composition of Detarium microcarpum Guill. and Perr—A Systematic Review

AM Dogara - Advances in Pharmacological and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, natural products have been the principal source of medications for the treatment
of human diseases. Traditional medical practitioners employ Detarium microcarpum as a …

[HTML][HTML] Unpacking the Multifaceted Benefits of Indigenous Crops for Food Security: A Review of Nutritional, Economic and Environmental Impacts in Southern Africa

LI Mgwenya, IA Agholor, N Ludidi, MT Morepje… - World, 2025 - mdpi.com
Indigenous and traditional food crops (ITFCs) are essential to initiatives aimed at increasing
food and nutrition security and diversifying the food supply. Therefore, this study sought to …

Composition nutritionnelle de 10 fruits sauvages consommés dans trois départements du Tchad

MM Makalao, A Savadogo, C Zongo… - International Journal of …, 2015 - ajol.info
Dans le sahel, les plantes sauvages font encore l'objet de cueillette par les populations
rurales afin de les vendre pour subvenir à leurs besoins et de les intégrer dans leur …

Nutritional and medicinal properties of underexploited legume trees from West Africa

B Burlando, S Palmero, L Cornara - Critical reviews in food science …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This review concerns three legume trees (family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae)
from West Africa, namely Detarium microcarpum, Parkia biglobosa and Dialium guineense …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effect of leaf extract of Abutilon indicum on DNA damage and peripheral blood lymphocytes in combating the oxidative stress

X Wu, S Dhanasekaran - Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The current research explores in vitro antioxidant characteristics, radiation-induced DNA
damage protection and quenching effects of the oxidative stress by the ethanolic leaf extract …