Vegetables are increasingly recognized as essential for food and nutrition security.
Vegetable production provides a promising economic opportunity for reducing rural poverty …

Malnutrition, poor health, hunger, and even starvation are still the world's greatest
challenges. Malnutrition is defined as deficiency of nutrition due to not ingesting the proper …

Agriculture is under pressure to produce greater quantities of food, feed and biofuel on
limited land resources. Current over-reliance on a handful of major staple crops has inherent …

The promotion and consumption of indigenous vegetables could help to mitigate food
insecurity and alleviate malnutrition in developing countries. Nutrient and antinutrient …

In the past 20 years, very little progress has been achieved in reducing food insecurity, child
malnutrition and hunger in Africa. Under-nutrition and micronutrients deficiencies are …

As the world continues to face widespread food insecurity, achieving food security for all at
all times is increasingly complicated. In South Africa, social grants and the use of wild foods …

This chapter addresses the value of different Amaranthus [L.] species that have been
recorded in Nigeria. These are Amaranthus blitum, A. dubius, A. caudatus, A. cruentus, A …

Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more
widespread than hunger per se and affects most nations around the globe. The diversity and …

Indigenous African leafy vegetables vary enormously in their secondary plant metabolites
whereat genus and the species have a great impact. In African nightshade (Solanum …

Amaranthus is a C4 plant tolerant to drought, and plant diseases and a suitable option for
climate change. This plant could form part of every region's cultural heritage and can be …