Food sufficiency: Hope rises as Nigeria, Africa leverage genome ed
Genome editing can help to address that by maximising a crop’s yield; enhancing that actual yield to be optimal.
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Genome editing can help to address that by maximising a crop’s yield; enhancing that actual yield to be optimal.
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Indigenous, forgotten crops can help reverse Africa’s malnutrition and low consumption of fruit and vegetables that falls well below the World Health Organisation’s recommendation of 146 kilograms per year. Africa has 22 percent of its population undernourished, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which co-organized the panel, held 16 February 2021, online. Diversity is crucial for food and nutrition security, say researchers, yet there are huge gaps in knowledge of the many different types of indigenous fruit trees and vegetables, with only a f...