Under-utilised crops and rural livelihoods: Bambara groundnut in Tanzania

Boulay, Basile; Khan, Rumman; Morrissey, Oliver

doi:10.1080/13600818.2020.1839040

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“…This new approach showcases traditional farming and processing practices that were formerly unheeded or sidelined. For instance, Boulay et al (2021) reported that farmers in Tanzania produced a specific type of groundnut and used it for home consumption. The latter crop had many agronomic and nutritional advantages, but farmers did not pay much attention to this crop due to the lack of market outlets.…”

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Zarazi table olives in Beni Khedache (Tunisia) highlighting an overlooked traditional product

Koussani¹,

Khamassi²,

Faysse³

2022

New Medit

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Agricultural development in southern regions of Tunisia have often focused on a few very prominent products, such as dates and olive oil. Promoting traditional agricultural products in these regions could help foster a more resilient development trajectory. This study analyses the characteristics, development challenges and propects of Zarazi table olives in Beni Khedache (Medenine Governorate). This product is characterised by well-defined traditional production and processing practices. However, use of these olives is limited to home consumption due to a lack of market outlets. Local inhabitants and development actors have paid little attention to this product, but workshops with these actors have helped shed light on its potential, alongside discussions on possible actions to promote the development of a Zarazi table olive value chain.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Zarazi table olives in Beni Khedache (Tunisia) highlighting an overlooked traditional product

Koussani¹,

Khamassi²,

Faysse³

2022

New Medit

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“…Barbier, [28] reported that rural communities which depend on ecologically fragile environments face a vicious cycle of declining livelihoods, increasing ecological degradation and loss of resource commons as well as declining ecosystem services on which they depend. Therefore, in the context when yields for major crops go rancid globally, marginal crops could increase yields and food security and encouraging environmental sustainability [29].…”

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Perspective Chapter: Traditional African Vegetables Agrobiodiversity – Livelihood Utilization and Conservation in Tanzania Rural Communities

Benedict¹,

Reuben²,

Chilagane³

et al. 2023

Tropical Forests - Ecology, Diversity and Conservation Status

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The agricultural sector is challenged to fulfill the nutritional requirements of ever-increasing population. Rates of growth in crop productivity have declined, among many reasons is due to climate change and the decline of water and land resources. Dependence by 50% on few cereal crops like wheat, maize and rice for total food intake and calorie requirements has countersigned loss of biodiversity and decline in crop productivity. The genetic diversity of traditional crop varieties offers resilience to environmental risks, socioeconomic shocks, adaptation and mitigation to climate change which is crucial for crop production. Traditional African Vegetables (TAVs) are an integral constituent of the diets of many rural and urban communities. They are important sources of essential macro and micro-nutrients. In addition, they offer a source of livelihood when marketed, and also contribute to crop biodiversity. Tanzania needs to conserve the Traditional African vegetables and their genetic resources against stressful conditions and increased selection pressures which causes loss of genetic variation and a decrease in fitness by a process called genetic erosion. Conservation and use alleviate genetic drift and inbreeding depression, then, is critical to guarantee TAVs persistence in rural areas. This review explores agrobiodiversity of traditional African vegetables (TAV) from livelihood of Tanzanian rural communities’ perspectives and how the country has managed to conserve these species.

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“…It is mostly believed that it originated from West Africa (sahelian region) from among the Bambara tribes-people very near to Timbuktu in Mali (4,6,7). It then migrated to numerous parts of Oceanian, Asian and South American countries (8,9). It has been found to have many agronomical advantages in its nature this includes a increased nutrition values, high resistance and tolerance to drought, with abilities to survive in considerably harsh and intolerable soil types (10,11,12,13).…”

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Diversity, effectiveness and biochemical characterization of Bambara groundnut symbiotic Rhizobia strains in tropical Nigerian soils

DIANDA,

FAGADE,

AJAYI

2024

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Bambara groundnut (BG) has a high nutritious content, is under-utilized with the potential to eradicate malnutrition, yet has very low production rates. Rhizobia inoculant can enhance it’s production, but, inadequate information about the diversity and suitability of rhizobia strains is known. Diversities of Bambara-symbiotic-rhizobia in soils (54) collected across three states in Nigeria were characterized morphologically and biochemically. Strains were evenly distributed between; Niger (36%), Kaduna (35%), and Kano (29%), but significantly different between local governments. Rhizobia strains were Gram negative rods, 10% were highly effective, while 81% were infective. Strains couldn’t hydrolyse starch but showed varied utilization abilities for different carbon sources, 73% hydrolysed gelatin and 66% produced catalase enzyme. A wide diversity of Bambara-symbiotic-strains were present in the soils, but only 10% effectively fixed nitrogen. Although there is a rich diversity of Bamabara-symbiotic-strains in these soils, it is necessary to apply suitable effective rhizobia strains as inoculant.

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Under-utilised crops and rural livelihoods: Bambara groundnut in Tanzania

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Zarazi table olives in Beni Khedache (Tunisia) highlighting an overlooked traditional product

Zarazi table olives in Beni Khedache (Tunisia) highlighting an overlooked traditional product

Perspective Chapter: Traditional African Vegetables Agrobiodiversity – Livelihood Utilization and Conservation in Tanzania Rural Communities

Diversity, effectiveness and biochemical characterization of Bambara groundnut symbiotic Rhizobia strains in tropical Nigerian soils

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