Orphan crops for sustainable food and nutrition security : promoting neglected and underutilized species / edited by Stefano Padulosi, E.D.Israel Oliver King, Danny Hunter, and M.S. Swaminathan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

NUS : What they are and why the world needs them / Stefano Padulosi, Gennifer Meldrum, Israel Oliver King E.D. et al. -- Landmark of NUS events and key publications / Stefano Padulosi and Danny Hunter -- Mainstreaming NUS for nutrition sensitive agriculture : a holistic approach / Stefano Padulosi, Gennifer Meldrum, Shantanu Mathur et al. -- NUS and Peoples sense of dietary diversity and well-being / Gigi Manicad -- Diversity and small millets in India / Annadana Seetharam and Prabhakar Bhat -- From discovery to food system diversification with African Neglected and Underutilized species / Termote Céline, Stepha McMullin and Prasad Hendre -- Barriers to adopting a diversity of NUS fruit trees in Latin American food systems / Robin Van Loon, Elisabeth Lagneaux, Gabriela Wiederkehr Guerra et al. -- Promoting buckwheat in China / Zongwen Zhang -- Neglected and underutilized species for sustainable food and nutrition security and role of conservation in Mexico / Tiziana Ulian, Hugh W. Pritchard, Alejandro Casas et al. -- Neglected and underutilized species in Brazil : from obscurity to the non-conventional edible plants / Nuno Rodrigo Madeira, Valdely Ferreira Kinupp and Lidio Coradin -- Underutilized genetic resources and crop diversification in Europe / Ambrogio Costanzo -- Neglected and underutilized species and Indigenous foodways of Oceania / Danny Hunter, Nick Roskruge, Simon Apang Semese, et al. -- The BFN mainstreaming toolkit. A roadmap to using neglected and underutilized species for food system change / Teresa Borelli, Daniela Beltrame, Victor W. Wasike, et al. -- Development of seasonal calendars for sustainable diets- experiences from Guatemala, Mali and India / Gaia Lochetti -- Enhancing the use of underutilized food crops : partnerships in a success story of pop cereal business in Kenya / Yasuyuki Morimoto, Patrick Maundu, Elizaphan Gichangi Mahinda, et al. -- Agritourism and conservation of neglected and underutilized native Andean crops in Santiago de Okola, Bolivia / Stephen R. Taranto, Eliseo Mamani Alvarez and Wilfredo Rojas -- Mainstreaming African vegetables to improve diets and livelihoods / Sognigbe N'Danikou, Maarten van Zonneveld, Fekadu Fufa Dinssa, et al. -- Slow food and NUS : protecting and promoting endangered food products / Charles Barstow, Edie Mukiibi and Dauro Mattia Zocchi -- Conservation and utilization of small millets genetic resources : Global and Indian perspectives / Kuldeep Singh, Nikhil Malhotra and Mohar Singh -- Challenges to conserving millets in ecologically sensitive areas / Amit Mitra -- Community-centred value chain development of nutri-millets : challenges and best practices in India / Israel Oliver King, Karthikeyan Muniappan, Prashant K Parida, et al. -- Taking millets to millions : experiences from government-driven value chains / Dinesh Balam, Saurabh Garg, Srijit Mishra, et al. -- Millet based intercropping systems facilitated by beneficial microbes for climate resilient sustainable farming in tropics / Natarajan Mathimaran, Devesh Singh, Rengalakshmi Raj, et al. -- Status of minor millets processing technologies in India : an overview / B. Dayakar Rao and Vilas A Tonapi -- Modelling the food security role of millets under climate change in eastern Madhya Pradesh / Gennifer Meldrum, Victoria Rose, Somnath Roy et al. -- Germplasm characterization and novel technologies to unleash the nutritional potentials of small millets / Vasudevan Sudha, Nagappa Gurusiddappa Malleshi, Chamarthy Venkata Ratnavathi, et al. -- Millets in farming systems in support of nutrition and social safety net programmes / Priya Rampal, Aliza Pradhan, Akshaya Kumar Panda, et al. -- The smart food approach : the importance of the triple bottom line and diversifying staples / Joanna Kane-Potaka, Nigel Poole, Agathe Diama, et al. -- NUS and local communities / Aiti Devi, Bibiana Ranee, Loichan Sukia, et al. -- NUS and private sector / Ana Luiza Vergueiro, Camila Neves Soares Oliveira, Daniel Kriori, et al. -- Perspectives from R4D and international agencies supporting NUS / Hamid El Bilali, Isabella Rae, Mario Marino, et al. -- Equity, gender and millets : implications for policy / Nitya Rao, Amit Mitra and Raj Rengalakshmi -- What is going on around the world : major NUS players and ongoing efforts / Stefano Padulosi, Gennifer Meldrum, Israel Oliver King et al. -- In a well-nourished world, underutilized crops will be on the table / Marco Antonio Rondon and Renaud DePlaen.

"Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS). The book is structured into six parts, covering the following themes: introduction to NUS, approaches, methods and tools for the use enhancement of NUS, integrated conservation and use of minor millets, nutritional and food security roles of minor millets, stakeholders and global champions, and, building an enabling environment. Presenting a number of case studies at regional and country level, the chapters cover different but highly interlinked aspects along the value chains, from acquisition and characterization of genetic diversity, cultivation, harvesting to value addition, marketing, consumption and policy for mainstreaming. Cross cutting issues like gender, capacity building and empowerment of vulnerable groups are also addressed by authors. Representatives from communities, research for development agencies and the private sector also share their reflections on the needs for the use enhancement of NUS from their own perspectives. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food security, sustainable agriculture, nutrition and health and development, as well as practitioners and policymakers involved in building more resilient food and production systems"--