Special Issue "The role of #underutilized #crops in #sustainable #agriculture and #foodsystems" More at mdpi.com/journal/sustai… Submission deadline: 15 Dec 2020 Sustainability (IF 2.592; Q2)

🍈 ‘Orphan crops’ featured on Nature Genetics ➡️ Read what Ramni Jamnadass says on this brilliant piece! Crop yields are NOT synonymous to #nutritional #diversity. Full article here 👉ow.ly/6GSH50yU27f

🍈⚠️ Science Africa features the African Orphan Crop Consortium! Following her piece on Nature Genetics Dr Jamnadass from World Agroforestry talks benefits and past neglect of these crops. ow.ly/S7Zg50yXt6a 👪 Time to invert tendency and give a family to these healthy little orphans!

The Food and Agriculture Organization shines a spotlight on overlooked and underutilized crops, which can: 🥢 Enrich our diets 🍈 Safeguard #agriculture 🌱 Combat #ClimateChange 🧠 Keep traditional knowledge alive 👩‍🌾 Boost the livelihoods of small farmers & producers fao.org/fao-stories/ar…

New perennial grains in African smallholder agriculture from a farming systems perspective. A review link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Revitalizing cultivation and strengthening the seed systems of fonio and Bambara groundnut in Mali through a community biodiversity management approach cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Nutritious food prices to goUP due to #COVID19 so even more key to help valueChains as indigenousVegetables. Read HOW based on 7 NWO-WOTRO (Inactive) transdisciplinary projects inAfrica:nwo.nl/en/research-an… Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT NUS Community NL Global Issues F&BKnowledgePlatform Biovision Africa Trust GAIN

Crop diversification is an important way to deal with risk, but getting to sound diversification strategies is not easy in practice (just more crops is not how it works!). @mvanzonneveld Mr. Gris and Jon Hellin boil it down for us. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Cupuí (Theobroma subincanum) esta fruta del mismo genero del cacao, del copoazú y del bacao; crece en los departamentos de Amazonas, Meta, Putumayo y Vaupés. Es nativa del norte de Suramérica. Los frutos son cosechados para consumo fresco y en jugos.

Native to Brazil and Uruguay, this is feijoa or pineapple guava. It is part of the Myrtaceae family, which includes myrtle, guava, clove and Eucalyptus. This plant is grown ornamentally and for its crimson marked green fruits which taste sweet like pineapple, hence the name.

Resarch on fonio genomic diversity, an orphan crop from Africa bioRxiv viewer disq.us/t/3nrlp4g

We're bringing our Must See tour to you! Our plant of the month is Neolamarkia cadamba or Leichhardt Pine. This is a popular tropical tree that holds significance in Hinduism #RBGDaily

On #EarthDay2020, we acknowledge the efforts of our researchers towards a resilient, climate-smart future. Ana M. Loboguerrero CGIAR Climate Action CGIAR @EarthDayNetwork 🌎 ow.ly/yXRW50zkJC8

🌱It’s #BiodiversityWeek! We’re sharing Alliance biodiversity research outputs here all week, supporting Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT's full coverage. 📗1⃣ Read a framework linking indigenous knowledge of biodiversity & nutrition-sensitive ag 👉 hdl.handle.net/10568/102462 International Fund for Agricultural Development NUS Community

Don't underestimate the value of Nepal's traditional crops bit.ly/2ZzSy5f AgroBioDiverse Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT International Fund for Agricultural Development Food and Agriculture Organization #biodiversity UN Volunteers

#readingnow Leaky 2020: It is possible to diversify and rehabilitate degraded farmland with species producing highly nutritious and marketable traditional foods in ways that improve food production by conventional staple food crops! nature.com/articles/s4301…

Can you guess why scientist Stefano Padulosi is called "Rocketman"? 🚀 Hint: it's a different kind of rocket. Learn more in his interview by Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank for Food Tank's latest #podcast 🎙️👇 apple.co/37x9nj2

"Demand for Indigenous Vegetables soar as residents grapple with Covid-19" says Kenya News Agency - Department of Information : bit.ly/2BM47Mz Good for nutrition! Covid-19 Food/Future Immaculate Njuthe Maina @go_vegetables Equity Bank Kenya @APF_Kenya Mkulima Young NUS Community Twiga Foods

Michel E. Ghanem Yes, and the thought that a handful of crops are "model crops" needs a reality check. A lot of research cannot be transferred from rice/maize/wheat to #underutilized crops, so for what are they a model? NUS Community