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Underutilised crops come into their own

Mainstreaming neglected and underutilised crop species has formed the basis for international collaborative research with an agricultural focus at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), in an effort to influence policy to ensure a more diverse agrifood system in South Africa.

The research is born out of years of work by researchers

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