Saturday, May 31, 2008

Lost Crops of Africa

Friends and colleagues at the National Academy of Sciences have produced a long series of monographs on underexploited technologies with potential economic value for developing nations. Under the leadership of Noel Vietmeyer and Mark Dafforn, the series explored plant and animal species and varieties that might be used to greater advantage if further developed and more widely exploited. I note especially the three volumes on Lost Crops of Africa:

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