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Traditional Crop of the Month

All over the world local varieties of fruit, vegetables and grain are grown. Many are seemingly forgotten or are underutilized despite having outstanding nutritional or taste qualities. After the success of the International Year of Quinoa which brought the world’s attention to a little-known traditional crop, here is the Traditional Crop of the Month feature, to highlight other food wonders. http://www.fao.org/traditional-crops/en/

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Oca

Oca is one of the traditional tubers of the Andes. Antioxidant values of these tuber crops are higher than or comparable to known sources of natural antioxidants, such as blueberries

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Breadfruit

Breadfruit is a highly diverse tropical fruit tree. It contains high levels of starch and can be used in place of wheat flour.

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Yam bean

Yam bean is a legume. It is usually consumed fresh, cut in strips in salads or marinated in lime or dried and ground into flour for use in cakes and desserts.

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Soil Erosion

Food For Special Event

Permaculture Gardening

Buckwheat

March's traditional crop of the month is Common Buckwheat! On account of its fast growth rate it is grown as a cover crop and helps in binding soils, thus checking soil erosion during rainy seasons. The plant is especially tolerant of poor quality, sandy or acidic soils.

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Vegetable Garden Tips

Edible Landscaping

Desert Plants

Watercolor Trees

Cactus pear

February's traditional crop of the month is Cactus Pear! It is an important food crop in arid areas. The fruits are typically consumed fresh, or made into syrups and jams, while the branches are cleaned and cooked as a vegetable in stews and salads. The branches are also used as fodder for livestock, either as fresh forage or stored as silage.

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African garden egg

January's crop of the month is the African garden eggplant! Find out where it is found and how to eat it.

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Bambara groundnut

December's Crop of the month is Bambara groundnut. It is a grain legume grown mainly by subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. It is cultivated for its subterranean pods, is extremely hardy and produces reasonable yields even under conditions of drought and low soil fertility.

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Food Staples

Finger Millet

November's crop of the month is Finger Millet. Cultivated finger millet was domesticated about 5 000 years ago from the wild subspecies in the highlands that range from Ethiopia to Uganda. Domesticated finger millet was then also farmed in the lowlands of Africa.

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Low Maintenance Plants

Teff

October's crop of the month is Teff. Teff accounts for about two-third of the daily protein intake in the Ethiopian diet and is mainly used for making different kinds of enjera (pancake-like flat bread), porridge and feed.

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Sustainable Agriculture

Nutrient Rich Foods

Moringa

September's crop of the month is Moringa. Its leaves are used fresh or dried and ground into powder. It is rich in protein, vitamins A, B and C, and minerals. It even produces leaves during times of drought.