Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants. The problems created by westernized diets include environmental damage caused ...

Analysis - Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants.

Aigbe is part of a rising movement of African food entrepreneurs leading the revival of the continent’s more than 2000 indigenous food crops, often referred to as "orphan," “neglected” or ...

The plants growing on a one-acre plot of land in St. Paul may hold the key to ending the famine that has ravaged East Africa. The University of MinnesotaâÄôs Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics ...

Water is essential at all stages of food production, from irrigation to food processing to washing fruit and vegetables ...

In 2013, the 55-­member-state African Union launched the African Orphan Crops Consortium, or AOCC—a collaboration with CGIAR, a global coalition of 15 nonprofit food research institutions, the ...

Nairobi, Kenya — Neglected crops are among the underappreciated solutions for alleviating Africa's food and climate crises. Worldwide, food security is increasingly compromised owing to climate ...

African governments must work with the agri-food industry and farmers to increase demand for climate-resilient and nutrient-rich adaptive crops that would enable the continent to feed its growing ...

The scientists behind GM crops blame prohibitive regulation.Only 11 of Africa’s 54 countries have ever officially approved their cultivation. Some politicians repeat myths, such as claims that ...

South Africa’s agricultural extension advisors need to start training farmers to grow nutritious indigenous crops that have been largely forgotten.

Read more: 60% of Africa's food is based on wheat, rice and maize – the continent's crop treasure trove is being neglected Some indigenous crops like blackjack and wild cucumber are highly ...