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Four scientists working in Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda and Sri Lanka comment on why they believe many indigenous African crops became neglected and forgotten. This may have been because they were difficult to process, or because of the promotion of exotic species. With new technologies, processing proble...

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Autor principal: WRENmedia
Formato: Audiom
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2008
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57213
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Sumario:Four scientists working in Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda and Sri Lanka comment on why they believe many indigenous African crops became neglected and forgotten. This may have been because they were difficult to process, or because of the promotion of exotic species. With new technologies, processing problems can now be overcome. As a result, these neglected crops deserve to be looked at again, particularly as they are often more resilient than exotic crops in the face of drought or flooding.