Neglected indigenous food crops could be a saviour: underutilised food crops (also called neglected or indigenous crops) can save the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, from hunger. So why have African scientists rarely looked to their neglected indigenous crops to provide solutions to their food needs and for export? Curtis Abraham went to find out.

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Neglected indigenous food crops could be a saviour: underutilised food crops (also called neglected or indigenous crops) can save the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, from hunger. So why have African scientists rarely looked to their neglected indigenous crops to provide solutions to their food needs and for export? Curtis Abraham went to find out.

THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), which is headed by the Senegalese-born Jacques Diouf, estimates that over 800 million people do not meet their daily required energy needs from their diets. But that is not the worst of it. Millions of people around the world and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa suffer more acute malnutrition during transitory or seasonal food insecurity.

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