Nairobi, Kenya. 24 March 2020 — Malnutrition in many African nations is widespread but can be addressed by diversifying food systems with a wider range… Read More »MEDIA RELEASE| Enhancing African orphan crops with genomics
Thirty-two scientists from 21 countries graduated from the African Plant Breeding Academy, led by UC Davis on 13 December 2019. These scientists form the fourth… Read More »Building an Africa without hunger
Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations works with the… Read More »Eradicating hunger through the African Orphan Crops Consortium
Abstract New and orphan crops, which in the past have received only limited research attention, have great potential to support healthy diets in Africa. However,… Read More »Breeders’ views on the production of new and orphan crops in Africa: a survey of constraints and opportunities
Abstract Better integrating currently under-researched nutrient-rich new and orphan crops (NOC) into food systems could play an important role in addressing poor human diets. Understanding… Read More »Supporting human nutrition in Africa through the integration of new and orphan crops into food systems: placing the work of the African Orphan Crops Consortium in context
Common Name:Natal orange Description Strychnos cocculoides is a shrub or small tree, 2-8 m high, with a compact, rounded crown; bark thick, creamy brown, deeply… Read More »Strychnos cocculoides
Common Name:Nsaban, kabaa Description Saba senegalensis is a liana up to 40 m long, often shrub like; trunk up to 20 cm in diameter. Bark… Read More »Saba senegalensis
Common Name:Tef Description Eragrostis tef is an annual cereal grass belonging to the family of the Poaceae.Teff is a C4 plant and is an intermediate between a tropical and temperate grass.The… Read More »Eragrostis tef
Common Name:Sweet Detar Description Detarium microcarpum (Bambara: Ntamajalan), commonly known as sweet detar, sweet dattock or tallow tree, is an under-utilized tree legume that grows naturally in the drier… Read More »Detarium microcarpum
Common Name:Allanblackia Description Allanblackia stuhlmannii is a tall evergreen forest tree to 40 m tall, with a straight, occasionally buttressed bole. The branches are usually… Read More »Allanblackia stulhmanii