CSIR sounds alarm over disappearing indigenous crops, high demand and prices of same abroad

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has warned that several indigenous Ghanaian crop varieties are ...
Forbes

African Indigenous Crops Fuel A Growing Food Business Boom

In Lagos, Nigeria, where the hum of the city mingles with the aroma of freshly baked bread, Chef Juliet Aigbe, known affectionally as “Chef Juls,” slides a grain-free wedding cake into a large ...
The Conversation

Why aren’t South Africans growing more indigenous crops? How farmers can be nudged to change their ways

Western diets make up most of South Africa’s food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants. The problems created by westernised diets include environmental damage caused by ...
Yahoo

The Importance of Healthy Indigenous Food Systems and How to Improve Them

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guest Opinion. American Indians and other Indigenous societies have lived off the land since time immemorial. However, climate ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Indigenous crops take centre stage in drive to beat climate change

Famers have been urged to embrace indigenous crops as a way of increasing access to diversified diets and ensuring productivity in the wake of climate change. Over the years, in Kenya, monocropping of ...
MyJoyOnline

JoyBusiness AgriBusiness Month highlights threat to Ghana’s indigenous food crops

This edition of JoyBusiness’ Agri Business Month has turned the spotlight on the preservation of Ghana’s indigenous food ...
MyJoyOnline

Ghana risks losing indigenous crops due to climate change – experts warn

Ghana is gradually losing some of its indigenous crops and plant varieties as climate change, urbanisation and changing ...
The Tico Times

Indigenous Crops Torched in Suspected Arson Attacks in Costa Rica

Reports from Semanario Universidad unvelied that four fires that occurred last week burned the crops of the indigenous community of China Kichá. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the ...
SUNY Cortland

New garden celebrates Indigenous crops and culture

When Three Sisters visited SUNY Cortland last week, it wasn’t for a regular campus visit. It was to revive a tradition that’s thousands of years old. Ethan Tyo, a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation ...
Rediff Money

BIS Framework for Community Seed Banks: Protecting Indigenous Crops

BIS launches a new framework (IS 20201:2026) for community seed banks to safeguard India''s indigenous crop varieties against ...
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SA indigenous crops and medicinal plants go mainstream

The Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has officially declared South Africa’s indigenous crops medicinal plants to be agricultural products. The declaration is a move expected to unlock ...

Indigenous-led project sets new benchmarks for ethical cultural medicine research

Traditional Knowledge has supported health and well-being practices for thousands of years using medicinal plants and ...