Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems

Nutritious ‘orphan’ crops could (re)diversify African food systems, but appropriate means to bring this about are required. A review of the literature on crop intervention options suggested success and failure factors in promotion, but indicated little about the relative importance of production-ver...

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Autores principales: McMullin, S., Stadlmayr, B., Mausch, K., Revoredo-Giha, C., Burnett, F., Guarino, Luigi, Brouwer, Inge D., Jamnadass, Ramni H., Graudal, Lars, Powell, W., Dawson, Ian K.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111627
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author McMullin, S.
Stadlmayr, B.
Mausch, K.
Revoredo-Giha, C.
Burnett, F.
Guarino, Luigi
Brouwer, Inge D.
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Graudal, Lars
Powell, W.
Dawson, Ian K.
author_browse Brouwer, Inge D.
Burnett, F.
Dawson, Ian K.
Graudal, Lars
Guarino, Luigi
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Mausch, K.
McMullin, S.
Powell, W.
Revoredo-Giha, C.
Stadlmayr, B.
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Stadlmayr, B.
Mausch, K.
Revoredo-Giha, C.
Burnett, F.
Guarino, Luigi
Brouwer, Inge D.
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Graudal, Lars
Powell, W.
Dawson, Ian K.
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description Nutritious ‘orphan’ crops could (re)diversify African food systems, but appropriate means to bring this about are required. A review of the literature on crop intervention options suggested success and failure factors in promotion, but indicated little about the relative importance of production-versus consumption-based measures and how these interact. An analysis of secondary crop production data indicated that addressing food policies could be valuable for orphan crop mainstreaming, but, as with literature review, did not provide clear guidance on the importance of different interventions. A survey of experts suggested that cross-disciplinary teams are important for developing mainstreaming strategies, but revealed no clear consensus on the importance of particular measures for specific orphan crops. We discuss the implications of these findings.
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spelling CGSpace1116272024-01-17T12:58:34Z Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems McMullin, S. Stadlmayr, B. Mausch, K. Revoredo-Giha, C. Burnett, F. Guarino, Luigi Brouwer, Inge D. Jamnadass, Ramni H. Graudal, Lars Powell, W. Dawson, Ian K. orphan crops nutrition food systems diversification food consumption Nutritious ‘orphan’ crops could (re)diversify African food systems, but appropriate means to bring this about are required. A review of the literature on crop intervention options suggested success and failure factors in promotion, but indicated little about the relative importance of production-versus consumption-based measures and how these interact. An analysis of secondary crop production data indicated that addressing food policies could be valuable for orphan crop mainstreaming, but, as with literature review, did not provide clear guidance on the importance of different interventions. A survey of experts suggested that cross-disciplinary teams are important for developing mainstreaming strategies, but revealed no clear consensus on the importance of particular measures for specific orphan crops. We discuss the implications of these findings. 2021-03 2021-02-28T10:58:21Z 2021-02-28T10:58:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111627 en Open Access Elsevier McMullin, S., Stadlmayr, B., Mausch, K., Revoredo-Giha, C., Burnett, F., Guarino, L., Brouwer, I.D., Jamnadass, R., Graudal, L., Powell, W., Dawson, I.K. 2021. Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems. Global Food Security 28: 100465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100465
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nutrition
food systems
diversification
food consumption
McMullin, S.
Stadlmayr, B.
Mausch, K.
Revoredo-Giha, C.
Burnett, F.
Guarino, Luigi
Brouwer, Inge D.
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Graudal, Lars
Powell, W.
Dawson, Ian K.
Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems
title Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems
title_full Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems
title_fullStr Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems
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title_short Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems
title_sort determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into african food systems
topic orphan crops
nutrition
food systems
diversification
food consumption
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111627
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