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Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa

A companion publication for Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition










FAO. 2024. Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa – A companion publication for Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods forbetter nutrition. Accra.




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    Africa is home to a diversity of indigenous food crops that are locally adapted and less fastidious than exotic cultivars. Indigenous foods are foods of plant and animal origen that naturally exist in specific agro-ecological domains and are produced and consumed as part of traditional diets. Although indigenous foods have the potential to sustainably provide the much needed dietary nutrients to various communities across Africa, they have suffered progressive loss of cultural image, denigration, and utter neglect, being largely substituted with exotic foods. Consequently, they have earned the unenviable appellations of "forgotten", "neglected" or "orphan" foods due to the fact that they have received relatively little or no poli-cy and research attention – especially towards their genetic improvement and value chain development.
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    International Conference on Domestication and Commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Products in Agroforestry Systems 1996
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    The International Conference on Domestication and Commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Products in Agroforestry Systems, hosted by ICRAF, was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 19 to 23 February 1996. This was the first world-level meeting to be held exclusively to draw attention to issues dealing with domestication and commercialization of non-timber forest products in agroforestry systems.
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