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Lost Crops of Africa:

Volume I: Grains

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Size: 408 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1996

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There is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruits--"lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation. This volume focuses on native cereals, ...
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Table of Contents
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Front Matter	i-xxii
Foreword	1-2	(skim)
Introduction	3-16	(skim)
1 African Rice	17-38	(skim)
2 Finger Millet	39-58	(skim)
3 Fonio (Acha)	59-76	(skim)
4 Pearl Millet	77-92	(skim)
5 Pearl Millet: Subsistence Types	93-110	(skim)
6 Pearl Millet: Commercial Types	111-126	(skim)
7 Sorghum	127-144	(skim)
8 Sorghum: Subsistence Types	145-158	(skim)
9 Sorghum: Commercial Types	159-176	(skim)
10 Sorghum: Specialty Types	177-194	(skim)
11 Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types	195-214	(skim)
12 Tef	215-236	(skim)
13 Other Cultivated Grains	237-250	(skim)
Wild Grains	251-272	(skim)
Appendix A: Potential Breakthroughs for Grain Farmers	273-284	(skim)
Appendix B: Potential Breakthroughs in Grain Handling	285-296	(skim)
Appendix C: Potential Breakthroughs in Convenience Foods	297-311	(skim)
Appendix D: Potential Breakthroughs in Child Nutrition	312-317	(skim)
Appendix E: After Words	318-328	(skim)
Appendix F: References and Selected Readings	329-341	(skim)
Appendix G: Research Contacts	342-359	(skim)
Appendix H: Notes on Nutritional Charts	360-362	(skim)
Appendix I: Lost Crops of Africa Series	363-366	(skim)
Index of Foods	367-368	(skim)
Index of Plants	369-372	(skim)
BOSTID Innovation Program	373-375	(skim)
Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID)	376-376	(skim)
BOSTID Publications	377-386	(skim)

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There is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruits--"lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation. This volume focuses on native cereals, dispelling myths about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of African grains. The authors present information on where and how each grain is grown, harvested, and processed and list its benefits and limitations as a food source.

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"...a book that anyone who grows or uses grains should read." --The Growing EDGE

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