ReviewFrontiers in plant science2017
Developing a Roadmap for Improving Neglected and Underutilized Crops: A Case Study of South Africa.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Can cereal-legume intercrop systems contribute to household nutrition in semi-arid environments: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Integrating Multivariate Analysis and DNA Barcoding for Amaranth Germplasm Characterization and Promising Genotype Selection.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Modeling Neglected and Underutilized Crops for Future Food Resilience: A Regional MaxEnt Workflow.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Agricultural research approaches for crops that nourish by improving nutrition, soil health, resilience and prosperity.Nature food · 2025Article
- Exploring the potentials of neglected underutilized crops (NUCs): an integrative review for developing a sustainable food system model.NPJ science of food · 2025Review
- Exceptionally low genomic diversity in the underutilised legume Kersting's groundnut.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Underutilized crops for diverse, resilient and healthy agri-food systems: a systematic review of sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in sustainable food systems · 2024Article
- Evaluating the ability of the Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) to simulate near-surface wind speeds in the Inland Pacific Northwest, USA.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Underutilized plants increase biodiversity, improve food and nutrition security, reduce malnutrition, and enhance human health and well-being. Let's put them back on the plate!Nutrition reviews · 2024Review
- Storable, neglected, and underutilized species of Southern Africa for greater agricultural resilience.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024Review
- Research on Moringa (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Implication of high variance in germplasm characteristics.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Nutritional and nutraceutical potential of rice bean (Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Contribution of the Dolichos Lablab value chain to farmer's household livelihood assets in Tanzania.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Beyond a reference genome: pangenomes and population genomics of underutilized and orphan crops for future food and nutrition security.The New phytologist · 2022Review
- Diversity and Diversification: Ecosystem Services Derived From Underutilized Crops and Their Co-benefits for Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes and Resilient Food Systems in Africa.Frontiers in agronomy · 2022Article
- Significance of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) as a feed resource towards small-ruminant animal production in Southern Africa: a review.Tropical animal health and production · 2022Review
- Factors Influencing the Extent of the Commercialization of Indigenous Crops Among Smallholder Farmers in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa.Frontiers in sustainable food systems · 2022Article
- The Exploitation of Orphan Legumes for Food, Income, and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
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Abstract
Reports of neglected and underutilized crops' (NUS) potential remain mostly anecdotal with limited and often incoherent research available to support them. This has been attributed to lack of clear research goals, limited funding directed at NUS and journal apathy toward publishing work on NUS. The latter points also explain the lack of interest from emerging and established researchers. Additionally, the NUS community's inability to articulate a roadmap for NUS' promotion may have unintentionally contributed to this. The current study is a sequel to an initial study that assessed the status of NUS in South Africa. The objective of this follow-up study was then to (i) identify priority NUS, and (ii) articulate a strategy and actionable recommendations for promoting NUS in South Africa. The study identified 13 priority NUS, categorized into cereals, legumes, root, and tuber crops and leafy vegetables based on drought and heat stress tolerance and nutritional value. It is recommended that the available limited resources should be targeted on improving these priority NUS as they offer the best prospects for success. Focus should be on developing value chains for the priority NUS. This should be underpinned by science to provide evidence-based outcomes. This would assist to attract more funding for NUS research, development and innovation in South Africa. It is envisaged that through this roadmap, NUS could be transformed from the peripheries into mainstream agriculture. This study provides a template for developing a roadmap for promoting NUS that could be transposed and replicated among the 14 other southern African states.
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