International viewpoints

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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Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2008
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57213
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description 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.
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spelling CGSpace572132019-01-25T22:45:40Z International viewpoints WRENmedia 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. 2008 2015-03-12T08:33:10Z 2015-03-12T08:33:10Z Audio https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57213 en Open Access application/octet-stream Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA. 2008. International viewpoints. Agfax Resource Pack. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CTA.
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