Food Security and Nutrition 2021
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-820521-1.00006-x
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Diversifying crops for food and nutrition security: A case of vegetable amaranth, an ancient climate-smart crop

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“…Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) (Mayes et al, 2019;Tan et al, 2020), winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) (Adegboyega et al, 2019;Tanzi et al, 2019) and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) (Sarker et al, 2020;Jamalluddin et al, 2021) have high fiber content and nutrients, such as protein, carbohydrates, unsaturated fatty acids, and essential minerals. They are thus good candidates to supplement food systems to overcome malnourishment in adults and children (Talabi et al, 2022).…”
Section: Crop Diversificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) (Mayes et al, 2019;Tan et al, 2020), winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) (Adegboyega et al, 2019;Tanzi et al, 2019) and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) (Sarker et al, 2020;Jamalluddin et al, 2021) have high fiber content and nutrients, such as protein, carbohydrates, unsaturated fatty acids, and essential minerals. They are thus good candidates to supplement food systems to overcome malnourishment in adults and children (Talabi et al, 2022).…”
Section: Crop Diversificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Breeding programs have been developed to produce improved varieties of NUS crop species by initially characterizing germplasm. The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC), in global partnership with biotechnology industries and research institutions, has initiated plans to assemble the genome sequence of 101 traditional African food crops for genetic improvement (Jamnadass et al, 2020;African Orphan Crops Consortium, 2022). To date, the genomes of at least 29 orphan crops in nine families have been sequenced, including Fonio (Digitaria exilis) (Abrouk et al, 2020), African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum), breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), apple-ring acacia (Faidherbia albida), Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea), jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), lablab (Lablab purpureus), marula (Sclerocarya birrea) and moringa (Moringa oleifera) (Chapman et al, 2022).…”
Section: Crop Diversificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Additionally, they are a low-cost source of protein, minerals, and vitamins; they represent a source of nutrition for many centuries in Asia, Africa, Central, and South America. Furthermore, the genus Amaranthus has a diverse genetic pool and has the ability to withstand drought stress, making it an ideal crop for ensuring nutritional security in a climate-changing planet ( Jamalluddin et al, 2021 ). From a medical perspective, the crude extract of Amaranthus plants contains alkaloids (betacyanins and betaxanthin), polyphenols (flavonoids, steroids, catechuic acid, and tannins), terpenoids (cerasinone and norecasantalic acid), and saponins depending on the plant maturity stage, cultivar type, and geographical location ( Peter & Gandhi, 2017 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Amaranth ( Amaranthus spp. ), an ancient, nutrient-dense and climate-smart crop has high degree of genetic variation, environmental adaptability and phenotypic plasticity [ 2 , 3 ]. Amaranth belongs to the Amaranthaceae family and is a C 4 dicotyledonous plant [ 4 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%