Exploit Additional Food Sources

Abstract

Half of the crops grown in the world are sugarcane, rice, wheat and maize, with a few more, such as soybean, other legumes, and mustards making a huge contribution to the balance. There are many other edible and ‘healthy’ plant species that are adapted to the climate and soils of available cultivated land. We would like to draw attention of the food industry and the research and development sector that there are many other plant species that could be exploited as a food for the masses. It is not logical to attempt, the serial application of plant breeding and genetic engineering protocols, to fit the relatively small group of commercial targets into more extreme environments—as climate change continues. The move for more ‘people’ to become self-sufficient in terms of food production is seen as a good sign that there is dissatisfaction with the products of the multinational food industry. City dwellers do not need to miss out. Derelict parks in Senegal and roof tops all over the world are populated with food crops.