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2008 Printed and published by: Department of Agriculture Obtainable from: Resource Centre Directorate Agricultural Information Services Private Bag X144 PRETORIA 0001 agriculture, forestry & fisheries Department: Agriculture, forestry & fisheries REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DIRECTORATE INDIGENOUS FOOD CROPS Cereal Pulse Pearl Millet Mung bean Sorgum Bambara Cowpea Root/tuber Leafy Livingstone potato Common labsquater Zulu round potato Amaranth Marama bean Bottle gourd Amadumbe Black jack Cassava Jews mallow Nightshade African kale Cowpea Cleome African mangosteen Red milkwood Raisin bush Num-num Wild plum Stem fruit Kei apple Grains Vegetables Fruits Plant Production Plant Production “Take pride” “Common heritage, common future” Further information can be obtained from: Directorate Plant Production Private Bag X250 PRETORIA 0001 Tel: +27 12 319 6072 Fax: +27 12 319 6372 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
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2008
P
rinte
d an
d pu
blis
hed
by:
D
epar
tmen
t of A
gric
ultu
re O
btai
nabl
e fro
m:
R
esou
rce
Cen
tre
Dire
ctor
ate
Agr
icul
tura
l Inf
orm
atio
n S
ervi
ces
P
rivat
e B
ag X
144
P
RE
TOR
IA
0001
agric
ultu
re,
fore
stry
& fi
sher
ies
Dep
artm
ent:
Agr
icul
ture
, for
estry
& fi
sher
ies
REP
UB
LIC
OF
SOU
TH A
FRIC
A
DIR
ECTO
RAT
E
IND
IGEN
OU
S FO
OD
CR
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Puls
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bean
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gum
Bam
bara
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pea
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t/tub
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afy
Livi
ngst
one
pota
toC
omm
on la
bsqu
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u ro
und
pota
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mar
anth
Mar
ama
bean
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tle g
ourd
Am
adum
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lack
jack
Cas
sava
Jew
s m
allo
w
Nig
htsh
ade
Afr
ican
kal
e
Cow
pea
Cle
ome
Afr
ican
man
gost
een
Red
milk
woo
d
Rai
sin
bush
Num
-num
Wild
plu
m
Ste
m fr
uit
Kei
app
le
Gra
ins
Vege
tabl
es
Frui
ts
Pla
nt P
roduc
tion
Pla
nt P
roduc
tion
“Tak
e pr
ide”
“Com
mon
her
itage
, com
mon
futu
re”
Fu
rth
er in
form
atio
n c
an b
e o
bta
ined
fro
m:
Dire
ctor
ate
Pla
nt P
rodu
ctio
nP
rivat
e B
ag X
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PR
ET
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IA 0
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: +27
12
319
6072
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12
319
6372
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ail:
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P@
nda.
agric
.za
or P
A.D
PP
@nd
a.ag
ric.z
a
AIM
De
velo
p,
pro
mo
te a
nd
imp
lem
en
t n
atio
na
l po
licie
s,
norm
s, s
tand
ards
and
gui
delin
es th
at s
uppo
rt s
usta
in-
able
pro
duct
ion
of in
dige
nous
cro
ps.
FUN
CTI
ON
S
1. D
evel
op a
nd p
rom
ote
polic
ies
to s
uppo
rt p
rodu
c-
tion
of in
dige
nous
food
cro
ps
2. D
evel
op a
nd p
rom
ote
sust
aina
ble
prod
uctio
n pr
ac-
tices
for
indi
geno
us fo
od c
rops
.
3. D
evel
op a
nd fa
cilit
ate
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
pro
-
gram
mes
for
impr
ovin
g pr
oduc
tion
of in
dige
nous
food
cro
ps
4. R
ende
r ad
viso
ry s
ervi
ces
on p
rodu
ctio
n of
indi
g-
enou
s fo
od c
rops
and
rel
ated
mat
ters
.
WH
AT A
RE
IND
IGEN
OU
S FO
OD
CR
OPS
?
Indi
geno
us f
ood
crop
s re
fer
to c
rops
tha
t ha
ve t
heir
orig
in in
Sou
th A
fric
a or
Afr
ica.
Add
ed to
thes
e cr
ops,
are
thos
e th
at w
ere
long
intr
oduc
ed in
to t
he c
ount
ry
or in
Afr
ica
and
are
now
rec
ogni
sed
as n
atur
alis
ed o
r
trad
ition
al c
rops
The
se c
rops
are
pro
duce
d an
d fo
und
grow
ing
in t
he c
ount
ry u
nder
var
ious
clim
atic
con
di-
tions
with
man
y fo
und
in th
e w
ild.
WH
Y IN
DIG
ENO
US
FOO
D C
RO
PS?
Lost
her
itage
Th
e i
ntr
od
uct
ion
of
exo
tic
cro
ps
into
So
uth
Afr
ica
an
d A
fric
a w
as
cha
ract
eri
sed
by
a g
rad
ua
l bu
t su
re
mov
emen
t aw
ay fr
om it
s in
dige
nous
food
wea
lth a
nd
the
embr
ace
of th
e ne
wly
foun
d cr
ops.
The
con
tinua
l
pro
mo
tion
of
the
se e
xotic
cro
ps
resu
lted
in m
ost
of
the
Afr
ican
indi
geno
us fo
od c
rops
bei
ng m
argi
nalis
ed.
In r
ece
nt
de
cad
es,
pro
du
ctio
n a
nd
co
nsu
mp
tion
of
indi
geno
us c
rops
has
dro
pped
eve
n fu
rthe
r as
mor
e
peop
le h
ave
adop
ted
exot
ic f
ood
crop
s. C
rops
suc
h
as s
orgh
um a
nd m
illet
hav
e la
rgel
y lo
st th
eir
stat
us a
s
stap
le c
rops
. In
Sou
th A
fric
an a
gric
ultu
re, t
hese
cro
ps
are
on th
e ve
rge
of b
eing
lost
.
Neg
lect
ed b
y re
sear
cher
s an
d po
licy
mak
ers
Mo
st o
f th
e in
dig
en
ou
s cr
op
s a
re le
ss r
ese
arc
he
d,
grow
n on
a s
mal
l sca
le, o
r co
llect
ed fr
om th
e w
ild a
nd
mos
tly n
ot m
arke
ted.
The
cro
ps d
id n
ot f
orm
par
t on
scho
ol c
urri
cula
and
as
such
nev
er a
ppea
red
on t
he
rese
arch
er’s
prio
rity
list.
Res
ista
nce
to p
ests
and
dis
ease
s
It h
as
be
en
re
po
rte
d t
ha
t in
dig
en
ou
s cr
op
s a
re r
e-
letiv
ely
re
sist
an
t to
pe
sts
an
d d
ise
ase
s a
s th
e p
est
will
nor
mal
ly h
ave
natu
ral e
nem
ies
and
the
fact
tha
t
the
pla
nts
th
em
selv
es
ha
ve e
volv
ed
to
ad
ap
t to
th
e
envi
ronm
enta
l con
ditio
ns p
reva
iling
in t
heir
pla
ce o
f
orig
in.
Ada
ptab
ility
Indi
geno
us c
rops
are
rel
ativ
ely
adap
ted
to t
he m
ar-
gin
al a
rea
s th
an
exo
tic c
rop
s. C
rop
s lik
e m
ille
t a
nd
sorg
hum
are
mor
e dr
ough
t tol
eran
t tha
n m
aize
. The
se
cro
ps
are
als
o a
ble
to
giv
e a
go
od
yie
ld u
nd
er
low
inpu
t con
ditio
ns.
Nut
ritio
nal s
tatu
s
It ha
s be
en d
ocum
ente
d th
at s
ome
of th
e in
dige
nous
food
cro
ps a
re a
s nu
triti
ous
as t
he e
xotic
foo
d cr
ops
in s
ome
case
s ev
en m
ore
e.g
amar
anth
is m
ore
nutr
i-
tious
than
the
com
mon
cab
bage
.
Foo
d se
curit
y an
d in
com
e ge
nera
tion
The
eco
nom
ies
of a
num
ber
of c
ount
ries
wer
e ba
sed
on s
mal
l ent
erpr
ises
; as
such
thes
e cr
ops
coul
d fo
rm
the
basi
s of
the
nich
e gl
obal
mar
kets
targ
etin
g ur
ban
mar
kets
. Pro
duct
ion
of th
ese
crop
s w
ill p
rovi
de fo
od to
the
rura
l hou
seho
ld a
nd th
e su
rplu
s so
ld to
the
urba
n
mar
ket w
ith p
rosp
ect o
f exp
ortin
g.
IND
IGEN
OU
S FO
OD
CR
OP
CAT
EGO
RIE
S
The
indi
geno
us fo
od c
rops
can
be
broa
dly
divi
ded
into
thre
e ca
tego
ries,
nam
ely
grai
ns, v
eget
able
s an
d fr
uit
crop
s. G
rain
s ca
n be
furt
her
subd
ivid
ed in
to c
erea
ls
and
puls
es w
hile
the
thre
e su
bdiv
isio
ns o
f veg
etab
les
are
leaf
, tub
er a
nd r
oot c
rops
.
