Abstract:
Various interventions for promoting the premium value of
indigenous plants (IPs) are being adopted to enhance their status
in the food sub sector. The project aims to enhance women
smallholder farmers’ capacity in target Lake Victoria Basin
sites of Kenya and Uganda, to conserve and promote premium
indigenous plant biodiversity for value added processes, and
provide a basis for policy formulation on promoting IPs with a
potential market value. The project involves mapping IPs in
relation to land-use types, and characterization of physicochemical
and nutraceutical attributes of screened IPs. The study
involves a survey; rural participatory appraisal; focused group
discussions; laboratory methods viz.: Near Infrared Reflectance
spectroscopy and Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence
Spectroscopy, as rapid techniques for screening the IP
germplasm and soil samples; and high performance liquid
chromatography and UV spectroscopy reserved for establishing
the nutraceutical value of the screened IPs.
De diverses interventions pour favoriser la valeur de haute
qualité des plantes indigènes (IPs) sont adoptées pour augmenter
leur statut dans le sous-secteur alimentaire. Le projet vise à
augmenter la capacité de femmes de petites exploitations
agricoles dans des emplacements du bassin du Lac Victoria
au Kenya et en Ouganda, de conserver et promouvoir la
biodiversité de la plante indigène pour des processus à valeur
ajoutée et de fournir une base pour la formulation de politique
sur la valorisation des IPs en valeur marchande potentielle. Le
projet comporte la cartographie des IPs par rapport aux types
d’utilisation de terre et la caractérisation d’attributs physicochimiques
et nutritionnels des IPs examinés. L’étude implique
un aperçu : évaluation participative rurale ,discussions en groupe
et méthodes de laboratoire à savoir : spectroscopie de réflectivité de proche infrarouge et spectroscopie de fluorescence de rayons
X dispersifs d’énergie en tant que techniques rapides pour
examiner le support génétique des IPs et les échantillons de sol
et la chromatographie liquide de haute performance et celle
des ultraviolets (UV) réservées à l’établissement de la valeur
nutritionnelle des IPs examinés.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
Region Focus:
East Africa
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Collection:
RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Additional keywords:
Licence conditions:
Open Access
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Form:
Printed resource
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Extent:
185-188
Notes:
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of agronomy".
