BREADFRUIT AS A KEY COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Authors

T.O. Omobuwajo

Abstract

There is an urgent need to increase food production in Nigeria. Breadfruit is a crop with huge potential that is presently underutilized in the country. This paper supports promotion of breadfruit as a strategic initiative towards achieving sustainable livelihoods and alleviating poverty in Nigeria.

Citation

Omobuwajo, T.O. (2007). BREADFRUIT AS A KEY COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. Acta Hortic. 757, 121-124
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.757.15
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.757.15

Keywords

Artocarpus altilis, underutilized crop, industrial research and development, poverty alleviation, rural development

Language

English

Full text https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.757.15

Acta Horticulturae 757

I International Symposium on Breadfruit Research and Development

Article number 757_15

Pages 121-124

Groups

Division Physiology and Plant-Environment Interactions of Horticultural Crops in Field Systems
Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts

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757_1 BREADFRUIT: DIVERSITY, CONSERVATION AND POTENTIAL

757_2 DOCUMENTATION OF POLICIES AND STRATEGIES RELATING TO UNDERUTILISED SPECIES

757_3 AN OVERVIEW OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC

757_4 BREADFRUIT IN THE PACIFIC REGION

757_5 AN OVERVIEW OF BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) IN THE CARIBBEAN

757_6 OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS OF BREADFRUIT IN AFRICA

757_7 BREADFRUIT IN THE ASIAN REGION-FOCUS ON SRI LANKA

757_8 DEVELOPING AND APPLYING DESCRIPTORS FOR BREADFRUIT GERMPLASM

757_9 VANUATU BREADFRUIT PROJECT: SURVEY ON BOTANICAL DIVERSITY AND TRADITIONAL USES OF ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS

757_10 HORTICULTURAL EVALUATION OF FIVE INTRODUCED AND ONE LOCAL BREADFRUIT CULTIVAR IN NEW CALEDONIA

757_11 BREADFRUIT IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES IN KIRIBATI

757_12 THE IMPORTANCE AND USE OF BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS IN POHNPEI, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

757_13 BREADFRUIT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

757_14 WHY DOES ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS REMAIN A BACKYARD TREE IN THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN?

757_15 BREADFRUIT AS A KEY COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

757_16 CONSERVATION AND USE OF BREADFRUIT: GHANAIAN PERSPECTIVE

757_17 BREADFRUIT PRODUCTION IN TANZANIA: CURRENT STATUS AND POTENTIAL

757_18 HISTORY AND USE OF BREADFRUIT IN THE SEYCHELLES

757_19 BREADFRUIT - THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE

757_20 GRAFTING OF BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) USING BREADNUT (ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI) AS ROOT STOCK

757_21 IN VITRO REGENERATION OF ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI AND ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS

757_22 STUDIES ON IN VITRO CULTURE OF BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS IN THE PACIFIC

757_23 MASS-PROPAGATION AND BIOREACTOR-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR GERMPLASM CONSERVATION, EVALUATION AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF BREADFRUIT

757_24 BREADFRUIT STUDIES AT THE FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY UNIT, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD

757_25 A REVIEW OF POSTHARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGY OF BREADFRUIT

757_26 SCREENING OF SELECTED BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS FOR CAROTENOIDS AND RELATED HEALTH BENEFITS IN MICRONESIA

757_27 THE AMINO ACID, FATTY ACID AND CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT OF ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS (BREADFRUIT); THE WHITE HEART CULTIVAR FROM THE WEST INDIES

757_28 BREADFRUIT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PROCESSING

757_29 FORMULATION OF AN INFANT FOOD BASED ON BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) AND BREADNUT (ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI)

757_30 COLOUR AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF FRIED CHIPS FROM THREE BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) CULTIVARS

757_31 BREADFRUIT IN SAMOA: THE PAST, SOME RECENT STUDIES, CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE POTENTIAL

757_32 SYSTEMS APPROACH TO IMPROVE BREADFRUIT EXPORTS IN FIJI

757_33 A REVIEW OF FRESH BREADFRUIT EXPORTS FROM FIJI

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