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Assessment of Water Absorption Capacity and Cooking Time of Wild Under-Exploited Vigna Species towards their Domestication
(MDPI, 2019-09-04)
Some phenotypic traits from wild legumes are relatively less examined and exploited
towards their domestication and improvement. Cooking time for instance, is one of the most central
factors that direct a consumer’s ...
Agro-Morphological Exploration of Some Unexplored Wild Vigna Legumes for Domestication
(MDPI, 2020-01-13)
The domestication of novel or hitherto wild food crops is quickly becoming one of the
most popular approaches in tackling the challenges associated with sustainable food crop production,
especially in this era, where ...
Under-exploited wild Vigna species potentials in human and animal nutrition: A review
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
Food insecurity, protein-energy malnutrition, and food-feed competition have motivated the search for alternative food and feed sources for human and animal nutrition. According to the FAO, only four crop species provide ...
Wild Vigna Legumes: Farmers’ Perceptions, Preferences, and Prospective Uses for Human Exploitation
(MDPI, 2019-05-31)
The insu cient food supply due to low agricultural productivity and quality standards is
one of the major modern challenges of global agricultural food production. Advances in conventional
breeding and crop domestication ...
Dolichos Lablab-an underutilized crop with future potentials for food and nutrition security: a review.
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-06-12)
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) particularly goal number two in developing countries by 2030 is challenging. The State of Food Security and Nutrition (2019) in the World show prevalence of undernourishment ...
Vigna Legumes: Exploring Some Biochemical Constituents of the Wild Species for Potential Neo-Domestication Candidates
(Research Square, 2022-09-14)
Due to the foresight of food system collapse, the search for alternative food and feed sources for human and animal nutrition becomes a daunting task. In addition, achieving Zero Hunger target by the year 2030 as set by ...
Contribution of the Dolichos Lablab value chain to farmer's household livelihood assets in Tanzania
(Elsevier Inc., 2022-11-17)
Lablab is a legume with multiple uses as food, feed, and organic fertilizer. However, it is underutilized, and its empirical contribution to farmers' livelihoods is limited. This study examined the Lablab value chain (LVC) ...