Global Perspectives On Underutilized Crops

Author : Munir Ozturk,Khalid Rehman Hakeem,Muhammad Ashraf,Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad
Publisher : Springer
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319777764

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Global Perspectives on Underutilized Crops by Munir Ozturk,Khalid Rehman Hakeem,Muhammad Ashraf,Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad Pdf

Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major issues that affect global food security. We are expected to face the challenges of land use by 2050 because population will reach 9 billion while agricultural productivity losses are expected due to overuse of lands. How can we feed the next generations in a manner that respects our finite natural resources? Managing our resources in a sustainable way have only begun for selected crops. Much remains to be done to increase food yield. Cropping practices capable of sustainable production need to be elaborated, especially in fragile ecosystems. Typical applications will include the improvement and use of genetic resources; crop management and diversification; diffusion of improved varieties; development of cropping systems; sustainable cropping systems for areas prone to environmental degradation; use of agro-ecological data for crop production forecasting; and networks for regional coordination, and data exchange. The impetus behind this book is to bring attention to a cropping system that bears direct relevance to sustainable agriculture and food security. “Underutilized” crops are found in numerous agricultural ecosystems and often survive mainly in marginal areas. It is timely to review their status because, in recent decades, scientific and economic interests have emerged which focus on lesser-known cultivated species. Underutilized crops have a great potential to alleviate hunger directly, through increasing food production in challenging environments where major crops are severely limited. “Global Perspectives on Underutilized Crops” is therefore topical and highlights the unmet agricultural challenges that we face today. This book is an important resource for students and researchers of crop science and agricultural policy makers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Food crops
ISBN : 3319777777

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Global Perspectives on Underutilized Crops by Anonim Pdf

Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major issues that affect global food security. We are expected to face the challenges of land use by 2050 because population will reach 9 billion while agricultural productivity losses are expected due to overuse of lands. How can we feed the next generations in a manner that respects our finite natural resources? Managing our resources in a sustainable way have only begun for selected crops. Much remains to be done to increase food yield. Cropping practices capable of sustainable production need to be elaborated, especially in fragile ecosystems. Typical applications will include the improvement and use of genetic resources; crop management and diversification; diffusion of improved varieties; development of cropping systems; sustainable cropping systems for areas prone to environmental degradation; use of agro-ecological data for crop production forecasting; and networks for regional coordination, and data exchange. The impetus behind this book is to bring attention to a cropping system that bear direct relevance to sustainable agriculture and food security. "Underutilized" crops are found in numerous agricultural ecosystems and often survive mainly in marginal areas. It is timely to review their status because, in recent decades, scientific and economic interests have emerged which focus on lesser-known cultivated species. Underutilized crops have a great potential to alleviate hunger directly, through increasing food production in challenging environments where major crops are severely limited. "Global Perspectives on Underutilized Crops" is therefore topical and highlights the unmet agricultural challenges that we face today. This book is an important resource for students and researchers of crop science and agricultural policy makers.

Author : John Trevor Williams
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Crops
ISBN : 9789290435457

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Global research on underutilized crops: An assessment of current activities and proposals for enhanced cooperation by John Trevor Williams Pdf

Author : Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Hermann Lotze-Campen,Anthony J. W. Hall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470960905

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Crop Adaptation to Climate Change by Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Hermann Lotze-Campen,Anthony J. W. Hall Pdf

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, and as the population continues to grow. Current projections suggest that the world's temperatures will rise 1.8-4.0 by 2100 and population may reach 8 billion by the year 2025 and some 9 billion by mid-century, after which it may stabilize. This book addresses these critical issues by presenting the science needed not only to understand climate change effects on crops but also to adapt current agricultural systems, particularly in regard to genetics, to the changing conditions. Crop Adaptation to Climate Change covers a spectrum of issues related to both crops and climatic conditions. The first two sections provide a foundation on the factors involved in climate stress, assessing current climate change by region and covering crop physiological responses to these changes. The third and final section contains chapters focused on specific crops and the current research to improve their genetic adaptation to climate change. Written by an international team of authors, Crop Adaptation to Climate Change is a timely look at the potentially serious consequences of climate change for our global food supply, and is an essential resource for academics, researchers and professionals in the fields of crop science, agronomy, plant physiology and molecular biology; crop consultants and breeders; as well as climate and food scientists.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Crops for the Future
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Global Newsletter of Underutilized Crops (May 1999) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Neil G. Kotler
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : 9789711042219

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Sharing Innovation by Neil G. Kotler Pdf

Perspectives on Afgrican food policy and agricultural development in the l990: a Nigerian perspective; Farming institutions food policy and agricultural development in China; Evolution and diffusion of agricultural technology in China;Dryland/Rainfed agriculture and water resources management research and development in India; The diffusion of agricultural resercah Knowledge and advances in rice production in Indonesia;The Iringa integrated nutrition program in Tanzania research and development;Agricultural development and technology:the growth of Chile's fruit and vegetable export industry;Community-based development:a cutting edge for innovation in the Nineties:A colloquium summation; Thoughts on the global Issues of food population and the environment.

Author : Münir Öztürk,Kandikre Ramaiah Sridhar,Maryam Sarwat,Volkan Altay,Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000811902

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Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants by Münir Öztürk,Kandikre Ramaiah Sridhar,Maryam Sarwat,Volkan Altay,Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez Pdf

This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich with medicinal plants. Exploring the benefits of medicinal plants in disease prevention, treatment, and management, Volume 1 discusses the traditional use of medicinal plants as promising therapeutics for cancer, liver conditions, COVID-19, and other human ailments. It examines the efficacy of Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal medicine, Indian traditional medicine, and other ethnic herbal practices used by indigenous peoples of Azerbaijan, South America, Turkey, India, etc. A variety of plants are discussed, and the ethnomedicinal applications of over 100 wild mushrooms for their medicinal and healthcare purposes are elaborated on. While volume 1 focuses primarily on natural plant resources for addressing specific health issues, volume 2 looks at traditional medicinal plant use for their nutritional and dietary benefits, while also encouraging the preservation of biodiversity for healthy and sustainable diets. The volume presents information on over 2200 vascular plant taxa from 127 families as well as many taxa from leaf parts, fruits, underground parts, floral parts, seeds, and more that have potential use as edible food plants. Ethnic knowledge on the wild edible mushrooms is an emerging area, which is unique and is dependent on the folk knowledge of tribals; this volume discusses the unique nutritional attributes of wild edible mushrooms (206 species belonging to 73 genera) in Southern India. The authors look at various lichens as nutritional aids and medicine and as flavoring agents and spices. Fucoidans derived from the seaweeds (and spirulina) are described for their antioxidant activity, nutritional and anti-aging properties, antiviral activities, anti-cancer properties, anti-diabetic properties, and more. The authors also examine how ethnicity affects healthcare/nutritive systems at different levels through various dynamics such as lower income, inability for services uptake, disputes among different ethnic groups, cultural attitudes (some ethnic group are vegetarian), lack of socio-economic resources, and disease prevalence. Together, these two important volumes aim to preserve and disseminate the valuable ethnic knowledge of medicinal plants gained over thousands of years and to promote the value of integrating and safeguarding biodiversity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Crops for the Future
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Global Newsletter of Underutilized Crops (Jan. 2001) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stefano Padulosi,Israel Oliver King,M. S. Swaminathan,Danny Hunter
Publisher : Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Agrobiodiversity
ISBN : 0367902826

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Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security by Stefano Padulosi,Israel Oliver King,M. S. Swaminathan,Danny Hunter Pdf

This book discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS). The book is structured into seven parts, covering the following themes: introduction to NUS, integrated conservation and use of minor millets, nutritional and food security roles of minor millets, approaches, methods and tools for the use enhancement of NUS, voices from the communities and the private sector, building and enabling environment, and global champions and way forward. Presenting a number of case studies at regional and country level, the chapters cover different but highly interlinked aspects along the value chains, from acquisition and characterization of genetic diversity, cultivation, harvesting to value addition, marketing, consumption and policy for mainstreaming. Cross cutting issues like gender, capacity building and empowerment of vulnerable groups will be also addressed by authors. Representatives from communities and the private sector will be also sharing their reflections on the needs for the use enhancement of NUS from their own perspectives. International agencies, such as the Overseas Development Institute which have been supporting NUS projects around the world, will be also offering their views on how they see the future direction of research and development to bring NUS out of their status of marginalization. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food security, sustainable agriculture, nutrition and health and development, as well as practitioners and policymakers involved in building more resilience food and production systems.

Author : Sajad Majeed Zargar,Antonio Masi,Romesh Kumar Salgotra
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811638763

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Neglected and Underutilized Crops - Towards Nutritional Security and Sustainability by Sajad Majeed Zargar,Antonio Masi,Romesh Kumar Salgotra Pdf

This book covers important topics on various neglected and underutilised crops (vegetables, cereals, fruit crops). It gives an overview of the potential, availability of genetic and genomic resources, and the future prospects of these food crops. The book presents different chapters on the importance of underutilised crops with respect to sustainable agriculture and describes the approaches that must be followed for improving the yield and production of these crops. It covers a wide range of food crops such as millet, buckwheat, underutilised spices, underutilised vegetables and underutilised fruit crops. It also provides insights on what smart foods are? And, whether these neglected crops qualify as smart foods? This up-to-date and informative book is meant for food scientists, geneticists, breeders and biotechnologists. It is of interest to students, researchers and course instructors in these fields.

Author : O. P. Dutta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : CORNELL:31924097788396

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Food Security and Vegetables by O. P. Dutta Pdf

Contributed articles presented at the International Conference on Vegetables during November 2002, at Bangalore, India.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Botany, Economic
ISBN : 9789551560027

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Strategic Framework for Underutilized Plant Species Research and Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : Muhammad Aamir Iqbal
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781839698330

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Grasses and Grassland by Muhammad Aamir Iqbal Pdf

Grasslands are of vital significance globally by covering more than one-quarter of the earth’s surface. They are known by a variety of names, such as prairies, pampas, steppes, savannas, and so on, and provide feed to animals as well as serve as biodiversity reserves and catchment areas. Under the changing climate scenario, they can potentially serve as carbon sinks, which might alleviate the adverse effects of greenhouse gas emissions. This book provides fundamental knowledge of underutilized grasses of economic significance as well as discusses advancements in grasslands management for boosting their bio-productivity. There is a particular focus on state-of-the-art strategies for the restoration and conservation of grasslands in the era of changing climate.

Author : Münir Öztürk,Volkan Altay,Recep Efe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030599287

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Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Asia by Münir Öztürk,Volkan Altay,Recep Efe Pdf

Of the world’s seven continents, Asia is the largest. Its physical landscapes, political units, and ethnic groups are both wide-ranging and many. Southwest, South and Middle Asia are highly populated regions which, as a whole, cover an extremely large area of varied geography. In total, this domain is unique in its plant diversity and large vegetation zones with different communities and biomes. It is rich in endemics, with specific and intraspecific diversity of fruit trees and medicinal plants, including a number of rare, high value, species. At the same time, much of the land in the region is too dry or too rugged, with many geographical extremes. Overgrazing, oil and mineral extraction, and poaching are the major threats in the area. This two-volume project focuses on the dynamic biodiversity of the region with in-depth analysis on phytosociology, plants, animals and agroecology. There are also chapters that explore new applications as well as approaches to overcome problems associated with climate change. Much of the research and analysis are presented here for the first time. We believe this work is a valuable resource for professionals and researchers working in the fields of plant diversity and vegetation, animal diversity and animal populations, and geo-diversity and sustainable land use, among others. The first volume guides our readers to West Asia and the Caucasus region, while volume two focuses on issues unique to South and Middle Asia.

Author : Ashwani Kumar,Pooja Dhansu,Anita Mann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819946693

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Salinity and Drought Tolerance in Plants by Ashwani Kumar,Pooja Dhansu,Anita Mann Pdf

This edited book is a comprehensive collection of scientific research on different plants under drought and salt stress conditions. The main focus of this book is to elaborate on the mechanisms being operative in plants under stress and how various biological factors mitigate the adverse effects for better plant productivity. This book covers all physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms operating under drought and saline stresses. The current status and impact of drought and salinity on various crop plants have been elaborated on in different chapters. Agricultural lands are either turning barren or becoming more saline and drought-prone with increasing temperatures, decreasing water tables, untimely rainfall, and other environmental factors. In India, salt-affected soils occupy an area of about 6.73 million ha of which saline and sodic soils constitute roughly 40 and 60%, respectively. All these factors individually or cumulatively, affect the plant growth and development and hence, the crop productivity with the monetary loss. The inbuilt plant's ability with modified/acclimatized mechanisms has been described in various chapters with step-wise descriptions. The role of various plant growth-promoting agents including nano-particles, micro-organisms, metabolites or phytohormones, etc in mitigating adverse effects of drought and salinity has been explained precisely. Updated information on the use of speed breeding, proteomics, epigenetics, and transcriptomics in different crops along with high throughput technologies is included for the cross-talk of various network mechanisms. This book is helpful for the readers in knowing salinity and drought through the physiological, biochemical and genetic, and molecular levels to understand plant behaviour under stress conditions. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, plant physiology, biochemistry, forestry, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists and policymakers will also find this to be a useful read.