Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population
With a population that has increased five-fold in the last 50 years, Uganda needs to invest in new ways to produce more food from shrinking available land and natural resources. Recently, there has been a move away from maize which is not indigenous to the region and consumes large amounts of water,...
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| description | With a population that has increased five-fold in the last 50 years, Uganda needs to invest in new ways to produce more food from shrinking available land and natural resources. Recently, there has been a move away from maize which is not indigenous to the region and consumes large amounts of water, to local crops such as sorghum and millet that are much less water-hungry. Research into developing new more-productive varieties of these old staples, suggests that biosciences can help Ugandans make use of traditional varieties to feed themselves and make money (Patrick Okori, Bio-Innovate Sorghum and Millets Project Consortium Joint-Principal Investigator in Uganda). |
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| spelling | CGSpace33722023-02-15T07:33:48Z Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population International Livestock Research Institute research With a population that has increased five-fold in the last 50 years, Uganda needs to invest in new ways to produce more food from shrinking available land and natural resources. Recently, there has been a move away from maize which is not indigenous to the region and consumes large amounts of water, to local crops such as sorghum and millet that are much less water-hungry. Research into developing new more-productive varieties of these old staples, suggests that biosciences can help Ugandans make use of traditional varieties to feed themselves and make money (Patrick Okori, Bio-Innovate Sorghum and Millets Project Consortium Joint-Principal Investigator in Uganda). 2011-03-16 2011-03-25T13:12:14Z 2011-03-25T13:12:14Z Video https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3372 en Open Access International Livestock Research Institute ILRI. 2011. Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population. Video. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. |
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| title | Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population |
| title_full | Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population |
| title_fullStr | Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population |
| title_short | Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population |
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