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The article highlights the potential of African cereal crops, such as teff, millet, and sorghum, in meeting dietary needs as they are highly nutritious and can adapt to extreme weather conditions due to climate change. However, their cultivation needs to be improved, and the InnoFoodAfrica project aims to enhance cultivation skills and develop new strategies for pest control. The SUPERTEFF project uses CRISPR gene editing technology to improve teff yields and identify varieties with beneficial characteristics. The article also discusses the plan to develop food products and bio-based packaging from these crops, which could help address the nutritional challenges in urban areas of Africa.
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Cereal grains have been the main component of human diets for thousands of years, with rice, wheat and maize being the most consumed grains worldwide. However, as the global population continues to increase, underutilized cereal crops could help meet dietary needs. Researchers are now investigating how African cereal crops could be cultivated more effectively and adopted more widely as sources of food. Grains such as teff, millet, and sorghum are mostly grown and consumed locally in certain African countries. However, there is interest in cultivating them in Europe and elsewhere as new sources of cereal since they are highly nutritious. Teff grains, for example, are rich in calcium and protein as well as iron, containing levels almost five times higher than wheat or ...
Source: Phys
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