Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica

Chaya (Cnidoscolus acontifolius) was domesticated by Mayan peoples in pre-Columbian times. Due to its high nutritive value, tolerance to heat and drought, and minimal care requirements, this native vegetable has potential to support more nutrition-sensitive food systems in Mesoamerica. This fact she...

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Autores principales: Bioversity International, Universidad del Valle
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103501
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description Chaya (Cnidoscolus acontifolius) was domesticated by Mayan peoples in pre-Columbian times. Due to its high nutritive value, tolerance to heat and drought, and minimal care requirements, this native vegetable has potential to support more nutrition-sensitive food systems in Mesoamerica. This fact sheet summarizes key features of this underutilized species.
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spelling CGSpace1035012025-11-05T07:27:02Z Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica Bioversity International Universidad del Valle cnidoscolus chayamansa nutritive value diets climate change food system Chaya (Cnidoscolus acontifolius) was domesticated by Mayan peoples in pre-Columbian times. Due to its high nutritive value, tolerance to heat and drought, and minimal care requirements, this native vegetable has potential to support more nutrition-sensitive food systems in Mesoamerica. This fact sheet summarizes key features of this underutilized species. 2017 2019-09-05T13:54:22Z 2019-09-05T13:54:22Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103501 en https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/recipes-to-the-rescue/ https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/uniting-efforts-to-enhance-the-use-of-neglected-mayan-superfood-chaya/ Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International; Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (2017) Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica 2 p.
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nutritive value
diets
climate change
food system
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Universidad del Valle
Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica
title Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica
title_full Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica
title_fullStr Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica
title_full_unstemmed Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica
title_short Chaya: Mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in Mesoamerica
title_sort chaya mayan vegetable enriching diets year round in mesoamerica
topic cnidoscolus chayamansa
nutritive value
diets
climate change
food system
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