Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture

T Ulian, M Diazgranados, S Pironon… - Plants, People …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Biodiversity is essential to food security and nutrition locally and
globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and …

Economic viability and use dynamics of the enset food system in Ethiopia: its implications for food security

T Sirany, E Tadele, T Hibistu, A Kefalew… - Advances in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Food security is a key issue worldwide and must be considered in both spatial and temporal
contexts. Securing the availability of food somewhere in a country does not ensure food …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling potential range expansion of an underutilised food security crop in Sub-Saharan Africa

O Koch, WA Mengesha, S Pironon… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite substantial growth in global agricultural production, food and nutritional insecurity is
rising in Sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of underutilised indigenous crops with useful food …

Linking indigenous with scientific knowledge about enset (Ensete ventricosum) disease management in Gamo highlands of Ethiopia: Evidence from local people …

B Gemeda, G Tesfaye, A Simachew, A Wang… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a staple food for millions in Ethiopia and
characterized by climate resilient crop, but enset bacterial wilt (EBW) disease caused by …

[HTML][HTML] Measure of indigenous perennial staple crop, Ensete ventricosum, associated with positive food security outcomes in southern Ethiopian highlands

N Morrow, JS Borrell, NB Mock, L Büchi, A Gatto… - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Enset-based food systems are unique to southern Ethiopia where they serve as a staple
food for millions of households. Enset, a banana relative of which the entire pseudostem and …

The Genetic Diversity of Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Landraces Used in Traditional Medicine Is Similar to the Diversity Found in Non-medicinal Landraces

GW Nuraga, T Feyissa, K Tesfaye, MK Biswas… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a multipurpose crop extensively cultivated in southern and
southwestern Ethiopia for human food, animal feed, and fiber. It has immense contributions …

Screening of Lactic Acid Bacteria Strains for Potential Sourdough and Bread Applications: Enzyme Expression and Exopolysaccharide Production

YN Dong, J Ronholm, I Fliss, S Karboune - Probiotics and Antimicrobial …, 2024 - Springer
Twenty-eight strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were characterized for the ability to express
enzymes of interest (including protease, xylanase, α-amylase, laccase, and glucose …

Review of the role of orphan crops in food security

SF Ashebir - Research on World Agricultural Economy, 2022 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Ethiopia is one of the most populated countries in Africa. Agriculture employs over 70% of
the population. It is dominated by small-scale farmers who practice rain-fed mixed farming …

Responses of common enset (Ensete ventricosum) varieties in Ethiopia to Xanthomonas and virulence of Xanthomonas strains

B Gemeda, G Tesfaye, A Simachew, A Wang… - Biocatalysis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enset is a vital food crop for over 20% of the population living in Ethiopia. Enset bacterial wilt
(EBW) disease caused by a pathogen Xanthomonas vasicola pv. Musacearum (Xvm) is …

Reproductive biology of wild and domesticated Ensete ventricosum: Further evidence for maintenance of sexual reproductive capacity in a vegetatively propagated …

S Tamrat, JS Borrell, E Shiferaw, T Wondimu… - Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of sexual reproductive capacity has been proposed as a syndrome of domestication in
vegetatively propagated crops, but there are relatively few examples from agricultural …