Orphan small grain cereals highly contribute to food and nutrition security worldwide,
although the genetic and genomic resources for these cereals are far less available …

Fonio (Digitaria exilis), also called “acha” in Nigeria, is a staple food crop that plays an
important role in food and nutritional security for millions of people in West Africa. However …

White fonio (Digitaria exilis) is a staple food for millions of people in arid and semi-arid areas
of West Africa. Knowledge about nutritional and health benefits, insights into morphological …

Providing food for the world's expanding population which is expected to exceed 10 billion
by the year 2050 is a major challenge to present-day agriculture. While increased crop …

Fonio, known to be the smallest and oldest form of millet grown in sub-Saharan Africa, has
remained relatively poor of research despite its nutritional, sociocultural, agroecological …

Fonio is an identity and orphan cereal of Africa whose production system has remained
traditional. This work assessed the responses of selected genotypes of fonio to different …

Genetic diversity information among a population is important in exploiting heterozygosity for
the improvement of crop species through breeding programmes. This study was therefore …

Fonio production is generally in polyvarietal mixture and no improved varieties are available
yet. This work proposed a pathway for homogenization and mass selection from 19 …

Africa continent accounted for 51.2% of global sesame production, followed by Asia
(45%)(FAOSTAT, 2021) and Burma (Myanmar) as the largest producers. Nigeria is ranked …

White fonio (Digitaria exilis Stapf), a neglected crop in West African countries, is considered
as a strategic source for nutrition and food security and a potential source to generate …