The Potential for Utilizing the Seed Crop Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) in East Africa as an Alternative Crop to Support Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 321-329

  Alemayehu, F Reta ^a,b   Bendevis, M A ^a   Jacobsen, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Crop adaptation; Sustainability; Underutilized crop

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGROMETEOROLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOACTIVITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEED; SUSTAINABILITY;

EAST AFRICA;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 84940499058     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jac.12108     Document Type: Review

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