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2023
Journal article
Wild edible yams from Madagascar: New insights into nutritional composition support their use for food security and conservation.
Yams ( species) are an important food resource in Madagascar, where both cultivated winged yam ( ) and wild edible yams are consumed. However, there is limited knowledge on the nutrient composition of wild edible yams in Madagascar, and on how they compare with the cultivated winged yam. Therefore, in... -
2023
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Indigenous crop diversity maintained despite the introduction of major global crops in an African centre of agrobiodiversity.
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2023
Journal article
Maintenance and expansion of genetic and trait variation following domestication in a clonal crop.
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2018
Journal article
A perspective to enhance innovative research with emphasis on varietal diversity and sustainable utilization of enset (Ensete ventricosum).
Wilkin, Paul ; Davis, Aaron ; Demissew, Sebsebe ; Etherington, Tom ; Goodwin, Mark …
Sustainable use, Diversity, Ensete ventricosum, Resilience, Enset, Livelihoods, Food security, and Ethiopia
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2020
Journal article
Micronutrient composition and microbial community analysis across diverse landraces of the Ethiopian orphan crop enset
Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a major starch staple and food security crop for 20 million people. Despite substantial diversity in morphology, genetics, agronomy and utilization across its range, nutritional characteristics have only been reported in relatively few landraces. Here, we survey nutritional composition in 22 landraces from three enset growing...Tamrat, Solomon ; Borrell, James S. ; Biswas, Manosh K. ; Gashu, Dawd ; Wondimu, Tigist …
Ethiopia, Micronutrients, Ensete ventricosum, Fermentation, Food security, Free amino acids, and Kocho
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2019
Journal article
Potential adaptive strategies for 29 sub-Saharan crops under future climate change
Climate change is expected to severely impact cultivated plants and consequently human livelihoods, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Increasing agricultural plant diversity (agrobiodiversity) could overcome this global challenge given more information on the climatic tolerance of crops and their wild relatives. Using >200,000 worldwide occurrence records for 29 major crops... -
2019
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Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple.
Enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) is an African crop that currently provides the staple food for approx. 20 million Ethiopians. Whilst wild enset grows over much of East and Southern Africa and the genus extends across Asia to China, it has only ever been domesticated in the Ethiopian Highlands. Here, smallholder...