Orphan crops
Priority species per country and related topics
Selected crops per country can be found in the Table below:
Table: Selected crop per country along with key words for PhDs and MSc subjects
| country | Name | Image | Key words for PhD candidates | Key words for MSc candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d'Ivoire | Taro |
|
Genotyping, nutritional value, chemical composition, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Colocasia esculenta | Genotyping, nutritional value, chemical composition, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Colocasia esculenta |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Bambara groundnut | Genotyping, yield improvement, formulation of a complementary food | Genotyping, yield improvement, formulation of a complementary food | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | wild custard apple Annona senegalensis | genetic diversity, Genotyping, nutritional value of the apple, regeneration | Genotyping, yield improvement, regeneration, nutritional value of the apple | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Amaranth, Amaranthus hybridus | biochemical analysis, protein value | Genotyping, genetic diversity, protein value | |
| Benin | Taro | Value chains, Value chains, ethnography, processing, potential nutritional | valeur protéique, Chaine de valeur, Ethnographie, trasformation, Potentiel nutritionnel | |
| Benin | Bambara groundnut | Genotyping, yield improvement, Agronomic practices for yield improvement, photosynthesis, value chains approach | Genotyping, Agronomic practices for yield improvement, yield improvement, Nutrient Management, photosynthesis, value chains approach | |
| Benin | Mungbean | Chaine de valeur, Valeur nutritionnelle, trasformation | ||
| Kenya | African nightshade (Solanum scabrum & villosum) | genetic diversity, Variety development, nutritional contents of existing and new varieties | Nutriment, Anti-nutrients characteristics, Nightshade | |
| Kenya | Finger millet | Nutrional analysis, Amino acid, Finger millet | Amino acid, Finger millet | |
| Kenya | Jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius) | Nutritional, Health | Nutrional analysis, Jute mallow | |
| Kenya | Vine spinach (Basella alba & rubrum) | Characteristics of red and green types of vine spinach | Nutritional contents, anti-oxidant activity of red and green stemmed varieties | |
| Nigeria | Yam | Breeding for consumer acceptability, flower synchronisation, phenology and pollen fertility, photosynthesis, nutritional properties, tuber flesh oxidation, post-harvest losses | Flower synchronization, phenology, photosynthesis, Valeur nutritionnelle | |
| Nigeria | Bambara Groundnut | genetic diversity, photosynthesis, digestibility, storage, Value chains | genetic diversity, Value chains, photosynthesis, phenology and pollen fertility | |
| Nigeria | Sesame | Exploration, utilization and etymology, Agro-morphological and genetic diversity, photosynthesis, phenology and pollen fertility, Value chains | ||
| Nigeria | Amaranth | Exploration, utilization and etymology, genetic diversity, photosynthesis, phenology and pollen fertility, value chains approach | ||
| Zimbabwe | Finger millet | Genomic prediction, genomic associations, Nutrition analysis for suitability in feed, food and beverages, quality traits | Characterization, Genotype x environment interaction analysis, nourriture et boissons | |
| Zimbabwe | Taro | genetic diversity, processing, Genomic prediction, Nutritional contents | Genotype x environment interaction analysis, yield improvement, quality traits | |
| Zimbabwe | Bambara Groundnuts | Marker assisted selection, Breeding | Marker assisted selection, Breeding | |
| Zimbabwe | Sesame | Marker assisted selection, Breeding | Marker assisted selection, Breeding | |
| Zimbabwe | Cowpeas | Marker assisted selection, Breeding | Marker assisted selection, Breeding | |
| Zimbabwe | Amaranth | Genetic analysis, gene action | genetic diversity |