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Orphan crops for sustainable food and nutrition security: Promoting neglected and underutilized species by Padulosi, Stefano, Israel Oliver King. E.D., Hunter, Danny, Swaminathan, M.S.

“…This book discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS). …”
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The exploitation of orphan legumes for food, income, and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa by Popoola, J.O., Aworunse, O.S., Ojuederie, O.B., Adewale, D.B., Ajani, O.C., Oyatomi, Olaniyi, Eruemulor, D.I., Adegboyega, T.T., Obembe, O.

“…This review unveils inherent values in orphan legumes needing focus for exploitation viz-a-viz cultivation, commercialization, and social acceptance. …”
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Strategy for application of genetics to enhance adoption of orphan crops to improve food and nutrition by CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

“…The strategy considers how the production of new and orphan crops may support human and environmental health objectives, paying particular attention to the situation in tropical and subtropical low‐income nations. …”
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Strategy informing African Orphan Crops Consortium/ Nepad on course of action for improving human nutrition in Africa.... by CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

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Prospects for development of genetically modified cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

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Local solutions for sustainable food systems: The contribution of orphan crops and wild edible species by Borelli, Teresa, Hunter, Danny, Padulosi, Stefano, Amaya, Nadezda, Meldrum, Gennifer, Oliveira Beltrame, Daniela Moura de, Samarasinghe, Gamini W.L., Wasike, Victor W., Güner, Birgül, Tan, Ayfer, Dembélé, Yara Koreissi, Lochetti, Gaia, Sidibé, Amadou, Tartanac, Florence

“…This paper explores the potential role of locally available; affordable and climate-resilient orphan crops, traditional varieties and wild edible species to support local food system transformation. …”
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Nutritional and food security status of orphans and vulnerable children: Report of a Research Project by Rivers, Jonathan, Silvestre, Eva, Mason, John B.

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Children in the shadow of AIDS: Studies of vulnerable children and orphans in three provinces in South Africa by Adato, Michelle, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Roopnaraine, Terry, Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia, Norman, Amy

“…This tragedy has also brought a rising tide of orphans and vulnerable children. A 2004 analysis by UNAIDS/UNICEF/USAID estimates that, of 17 million children under age 17, 13 percent (2.2 million) are orphans. …”
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Children in the shadow of AIDS: Studies of vulnerable children and orphans in three provinces in South Africa by Adato, Michelle, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Roopnaraine, Terry, Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia, Norman, Amy

“…By combining findings from two studies that focus on households at different stages of impact, the paper looks at the conditions of vulnerable children living in homes with HIV positive family members; children at risk of becoming orphans (i.e., children living with HIV positive primary caregivers); and children ‘orphaned.’ …”
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Biosafety regulation of genetically modified orphan crops in developing countries: A way forward by Falck-Zepeda, José B., Cohen, Joel I.

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An orphan crop, the orange-fleshed sweet potato, in West Africa: Can we reposition it? by Abidin, P.E., Adekambi, S., Nchor, J., Koara, I., Carey, E.E.

“…There is a clear indication that sweet potato is shifted from an orphan crop into a commercial one in these project areas. …”
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Creating markets for orphan crops: Bioversity International supports marketing link in food value chain by Bioversity International

“…Establishing market outlets for their harvests encourages the farmers to grow these orphan crops, resulting in improved school lunches in India and diverse restaurant offerings in Bolivia.…”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding by Njaci, Isaac, Waweru, Bernice, Kamal, N., Muktar, Meki S., Fisher, D., Gundlach, H., Muli, Collins, Muthui, Lucy, Maranga, M., Kiambi, D., Maass, Brigitte L., Emmrich, P.M.F., Domelevo Entfellner, Jean-Baka, Spannag, M., Chapman, M.A., Shorinola, Oluwaseyi, Jones, Christopher S.

“…Under-utilised orphan crops hold the key to diversified and climate-resilient food systems. …”
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Diversity, trait preferences, management and utilization of yams landraces (Dioscorea species): an orphan crop in DR Congo by Adejumobi, I.I., Agre, A.P., Onautshu, O.D., Adheka, J.G., Bambanota, M.G., Monzenga, J.C.L., Komoy, J., Cipriano, I.M.

“…However, the extent of the existing diversity has not been studied in details thus, considered as an orphan. A survey covering 540 farmers in 54 villages was conducted in six major yam growing territories covering three provinces in DR Congo to investigate the diversity, management and utilization of yam landraces using pre-elaborate questionnaires. …”
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Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia by Carlsson, Sara

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Placing HIV-positive mothers at the centre of planning for orphans and vulnerable children: A case study of South Africa by Norman, Amy, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Chopra, Mickey

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Placing HIV-positive mothers at the centre of planning for orphans and vulnerable children: a case study of South Africa by Norman, Amy, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Chopra, Mickey

“…In South Africa, the current epicentre of the epidemic, it is estimated that by 2010, 16% of children will be orphaned by AIDS. The implication of the term “AIDS orphan” has been that parents with AIDS have no plan in place to provide for the care of their children in the event of their deaths. …”
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Nutritional and food security status of orphans and vulnerable children: report of a research project supported by UNICEF, IFPRI, and WFP by Rivers, Jonathan, Silvestre, Eva, Mason, John B.

“…The HIV epidemic has created over 10 million orphans in sub-Saharan Africa and countless other children are affected by the disease, whether by living with a parent who is chronically ill or living in a household that is hosting orphans. …”
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Are female orphans at risk for early marriage, early sexual debut, and teen pregnancy?: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa by Palermo, Tia, Peterman, Amber

“…Female orphans are widely cited as being at risk for early marriage, early childbearing, and risky sexual behavior; however, to date no studies have examined these linkages using population‐level data across multiple countries. …”
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Hur företag kan implementera customer relationship management : en fallstudie av läkemedelsbolaget swedish orphan biovitrum i Stockholm by Berglund, Julia, Wallin, Sofia