Dolichos Lablab-an underutilized crop with future potentials for food and nutrition security: a review.

dc.creatorMinde, Josephine J
dc.creatorVenkataramana, Pavithravani B.
dc.creatorMatemu, Athanasia
dc.date2020-06-16T07:51:20Z
dc.date2020-06-16T07:51:20Z
dc.date2020-06-12
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T09:20:50Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T09:20:50Z
dc.descriptionThis research article published by Taylor & Francis Online, 2020
dc.descriptionAchieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) particularly goal number two in developing countries by 2030 is challenging. The State of Food Security and Nutrition (2019) in the World show prevalence of undernourishment which has practically remained unchanged for the last three years. This calls for sustainable synergies between food and nutrition in addressing the challenge. Exploring the potential of underutilized legumes such as Dolichos Lablab () in improving food and nutrition security is of importance. Lablab is known among nutritious underutilized diversified legumes, which is drought tolerant relative to other legumes. However, it is less popular as human food. This review focuses on providing details on the nutritional potential of underutilized Lablab varieties for food availability, accessibility and satisfactorily utilization for improved livelihood. So far research attention has been focusing on good agronomic performance with less information on their nutritional quality and its contribution to the wellbeing of people. Both wild and cultivated Lablab accessions do differ morphologically and across diverse habitat environments. This may make them less known, untapped and underutilized despite its promising potential as a food resource in developing countries where malnutrition still exists. Efforts are needed to popularize high-quality nutritional accessions, enhancing their consumption and commercialization for feeding the ever-increasing population in the future.
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dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2020.1775173
dc.identifierhttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95288
dc.languageen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Online
dc.subjectDolichos purpureus
dc.subjectUnderutilized Lablab
dc.titleDolichos Lablab-an underutilized crop with future potentials for food and nutrition security: a review.
dc.typeArticle

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