Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut

Bambara groundnut is grown in Asia, parts of Northern Australia, and South and Central America and is widely distributed across the world. It is traditionally grown by women, giving it less value and less priority in land allocation, despite being regarded as the third most important legume in much...

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Autores principales: Alercia, A., Bioversity International
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105094
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description Bambara groundnut is grown in Asia, parts of Northern Australia, and South and Central America and is widely distributed across the world. It is traditionally grown by women, giving it less value and less priority in land allocation, despite being regarded as the third most important legume in much of Africa after peanuts and cowpeas. Bambara groundnut is a neglected and underutilized species (NUS): a category of non-commodity cultivated and wild species, which are part of a large agricultural biodiversity portfolio today falling into disuse for a variety of agronomic, genetic, economic, social and cultural factors. NUS are traditionally grown by farmers in their centres of diversity, where they support nutrition security and other livelihood goals of local communities while contributing to meet their socio-cultural needs and traditional uses. Until recently these species have been largely ignored by research and development, becoming less competitive than well established major crops and losing gradually their diversity and associated traditional knowledge.
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spelling CGSpace1050942025-11-05T08:21:48Z Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut Alercia, A. Bioversity International vigna subterranea wild plants agrobiodiversity nutrition indigenous knowledge Bambara groundnut is grown in Asia, parts of Northern Australia, and South and Central America and is widely distributed across the world. It is traditionally grown by women, giving it less value and less priority in land allocation, despite being regarded as the third most important legume in much of Africa after peanuts and cowpeas. Bambara groundnut is a neglected and underutilized species (NUS): a category of non-commodity cultivated and wild species, which are part of a large agricultural biodiversity portfolio today falling into disuse for a variety of agronomic, genetic, economic, social and cultural factors. NUS are traditionally grown by farmers in their centres of diversity, where they support nutrition security and other livelihood goals of local communities while contributing to meet their socio-cultural needs and traditional uses. Until recently these species have been largely ignored by research and development, becoming less competitive than well established major crops and losing gradually their diversity and associated traditional knowledge. 2013 2019-10-15T15:44:38Z 2019-10-15T15:44:38Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105094 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International; Alercia, A. (Comp.) (2013) Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut. n. 4 p.
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indigenous knowledge
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Bioversity International
Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut
title Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut
title_full Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut
title_fullStr Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut
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title_short Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut
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wild plants
agrobiodiversity
nutrition
indigenous knowledge
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