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The wild fruits have assumed a huge role in providing nutrition and dietary prerequisites of poor group in numerous provincial areas of the world. Many works have been done worldwide in wild fruits as edible plants, which fulfill the need of the general population nutrition. Wild fruits can add to the alleviation of household food insecurity in numerous families worldwide, and can be utilized as substitutes of seed grains to lessen hunger and lighten poverty.
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Mariod, A.A. (2019). Prospects for Utilization of Wild Fruits. In: Mariod, A. (eds) Wild Fruits: Composition, Nutritional Value and Products. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31885-7_4
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