Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323905374 ISBN 13: 9780323905374

Publisher: Academic Press, 2022

Synopsis

Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food explores future food crops with climate resilience potential. Sections cover their botany, nutritional significance, global distribution, production technology, and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses of neglected and underutilized crops. By simply changing species in a crop rotation system, the cycle of some pests and diseases is disrupted and probabilities of infestations are reduced. Finally, the book provides case studies that highlight where the adaptation of crops to local environments, especially with regard to climate change, have been successful.

These crops can help make agricultural production systems more resilient to climate change. Although a few books on neglected and underutilized crops are available, this comprehensive book covers the full scope of crop husbandry, nutritional significance and global distribution.

• Contains consistent coverage of botany, nutritional significance, production technology, and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses
• Presents case studies of success stories where adaptations in local environments have made a difference, especially with climate change
• Addresses key opportunities for improving global food security

About this title

About the Authors

Professor Muhammad Farooq is a distinguished academician currently serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Plant Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman. He also holds concurrent positions as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia (since 2011) and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Dankook University, South Korea (since 2013). His research, on crop water relations and adaptation to dryland environments, has encompassed providing fundamental understanding of the response of crops to abiotic stresses.

Kadambot H.M. Siddique works in the Centre for Legumes in Mediterr at University of Western Australia in Crawley, Australia.

From the Back Cover

Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food explores key potential future food crops with climate resilience potential. Food security, for the future generations, requires a paradigm shift from the current cropping system to the diversification and inclusion of climate resilient crops. Currently about 60% of the global calories’ intake is contributed by four crops viz. maize, rice, wheat and potato. Although, there are more than 12,650 edible plant species, about 95% of the global food demands are met by 30 plant species.

These are domesticated plant species that have been used for centuries for their food and other purposes. However, there utilization and importance have been reduced over time. Therefore, these are also referred to as forgotten crops. As the demand for plant and crop attributes changes, neglected and underutilized crops can overcome the constraints to the wider production and use. Having a bigger number of species to choose in a crop rotation system allows farmers to have a more sustainable production system. By changing species in a crop rotation system, the cycle of some pests and diseases is disrupted and probabilities of infestations are reduced. These crops can help make agricultural production systems more resilient to climate change. Although, a few books on neglected and underutilized crops are available. A comprehensive book covering crop husbandry, nutritional significance, global distribution, and case studies of success stories has lacking until now. Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food includes the botany, nutritional significance, global distribution, production technology, tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses of neglected and underutilized crops. Case studies of success stories, and adaptation of these crops to local environments especially to climate change are also included.

The proposed book is a ready reference in the disciplines of climate change, agronomy of field crops, farming system, food security and sustainable agriculture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323905374
• ISBN 13: 9780323905374
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 836
• Editor: Farooq Ph.D. Muhammad, Siddique Kadambot H.M.