Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains

by National Research Council, Office of International Affairs, Policy and Global Affairs

Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants.

When experts were asked to nominate African food plants for inclusion in a new book, a list of 30 species grew quickly to hundreds. All...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309049903
• ISBN13: 9780309049900
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"