Can Indigenous Vegetables Solve Sub-Saharan Africas Food Issues?
Can Indigenous Vegetables Solve Sub-Saharan Africa’s Food Issues? Friday November 10, 2006 Amaranth, boabab, egusi, moringa, okra, yambeana … these are not the vegetables you’ll encounter in the fresh produce section of the average large supermarket, but they could play a significant role in reduce the food shortage in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report published by the Ethiopian National Research Council called Lost Crops of Africa. The blog Friends of Ethiopia says the 18 African vegetables studied “are still cherished in many parts of Africa, and even attract some research interest, but they are typically overlooked by scientists and policymakers in the world at large. In the past, these local plants may have been judged less valuable than the well-known vegetables introduced to Africa from other parts of th
