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Agrotechniques for alimurgical plants

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Alimurgy, this unknown - Aside their cultural and environmental heritage, locally linked to past food systems, the alimurgical plant species currently represent an opportunity to develop short value chains in rural contexts with high natural values. An interesting strategy at the farm level is the cultivation of alimurgical plants in agroforestry systems. Alimurgy, from the Latin “alimentia urgentia”, refers to the nutritional opportunity offered by a number of wild plant species. About 10% of the world flora is known as edible.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18483886

Authors: LAUTERI, MARCO, Chiocchini, Francesca, CIOLFI, MARCO, Pellegrini, Cinzia, Petrangeli, Enrico, Paris, Pierluigi

Institution: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri

Language: English

Topic: African Botany and Ecology Studies

Subfield: Forestry

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission