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BREADFRUIT AS A KEY COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Article number

757_15

Pages

121 – 124

Language

English

Abstract

There is an urgent need to increase food production in Nigeria.
Breadfruit is a crop with huge potential that is presently underutilized in the country.
This paper supports promotion of breadfruit as a strategic initiative towards achieving sustainable livelihoods and alleviating poverty in Nigeria.

Publication

I International Symposium on Breadfruit Research and Development

Authors

T.O. Omobuwajo

Keywords

Artocarpus altilis, underutilized crop, industrial research and development, poverty alleviation, rural development

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.757.15

Online Articles (33)

1. BREADFRUIT: DIVERSITY, CONSERVATION AND POTENTIAL

D. Ragone

2. DOCUMENTATION OF POLICIES AND STRATEGIES RELATING TO UNDERUTILISED SPECIES

A. Quartermain

3. AN OVERVIEW OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC

C. Padolina

4. BREADFRUIT IN THE PACIFIC REGION

M.B. Taylor | V.S. Tuia

5. AN OVERVIEW OF BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) IN THE CARIBBEAN

L.B. Roberts-Nkrumah

6. OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS OF BREADFRUIT IN AFRICA

T.O. Omobuwajo

7. BREADFRUIT IN THE ASIAN REGION-FOCUS ON SRI LANKA

I. Medagoda

8. DEVELOPING AND APPLYING DESCRIPTORS FOR BREADFRUIT GERMPLASM

D. Ragone | J. Wiseman

9. VANUATU BREADFRUIT PROJECT: SURVEY ON BOTANICAL DIVERSITY AND TRADITIONAL USES OF ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS

M. Navarro | S. Malres | J.P. Labouisse | O. Roupsard

10. HORTICULTURAL EVALUATION OF FIVE INTRODUCED AND ONE LOCAL BREADFRUIT CULTIVAR IN NEW CALEDONIA

S. Lebegin | Z. Lemerre Desprez | F. Mademba-Sy

11. BREADFRUIT IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES IN KIRIBATI

T. Redfern

12. THE IMPORTANCE AND USE OF BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS IN POHNPEI, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

A.S. Lorens | L. Englberger

13. BREADFRUIT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

A. Quartermain

14. WHY DOES ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS REMAIN A BACKYARD TREE IN THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN?

G. Gbèhounou

15. BREADFRUIT AS A KEY COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

T.O. Omobuwajo

16. CONSERVATION AND USE OF BREADFRUIT: GHANAIAN PERSPECTIVE

D.K. Gamedoagbao | S.O. Bennett-Lartey

17. BREADFRUIT PRODUCTION IN TANZANIA: CURRENT STATUS AND POTENTIAL

A.P. Maerere | E.R. Mgembe

18. HISTORY AND USE OF BREADFRUIT IN THE SEYCHELLES

A.-M. Moustache | M. Moustache

19. BREADFRUIT – THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE

R. Goebel

20. GRAFTING OF BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) USING BREADNUT (ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI) AS ROOT STOCK

I. Medagoda | W.M.C.J. Kumari Chandrarathna

21. IN VITRO REGENERATION OF ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI AND ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS

J. Rouse-Miller | E. Julian Duncan

22. STUDIES ON IN VITRO CULTURE OF BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS IN THE PACIFIC

V.S. Tuia | M.B. Taylor | D. Ragone

23. MASS-PROPAGATION AND BIOREACTOR-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR GERMPLASM CONSERVATION, EVALUATION AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF BREADFRUIT

W.L. Shi | P.K. Saxena | S.J. Murch | D. Ragone

24. BREADFRUIT STUDIES AT THE FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY UNIT, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD

G.S.H. Baccus-Taylor | J.O. Akingbala

25. A REVIEW OF POSTHARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGY OF BREADFRUIT

C.K. Sankat | R. Maharaj

26. SCREENING OF SELECTED BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS FOR CAROTENOIDS AND RELATED HEALTH BENEFITS IN MICRONESIA

L. Englberger | J. Alfred | A. Lorens | T. Iuta

27. THE AMINO ACID, FATTY ACID AND CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT OF ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS (BREADFRUIT); THE WHITE HEART CULTIVAR FROM THE WEST INDIES

K.D. Golden | O.J. Williams

28. BREADFRUIT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PROCESSING

R. Beyer

29. FORMULATION OF AN INFANT FOOD BASED ON BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) AND BREADNUT (ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI)

F.C. Nelson-Quartey | F.K. Amagloh | I.N. Oduro | W.O. Ellis

30. COLOUR AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF FRIED CHIPS FROM THREE BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) CULTIVARS

K.T. Roberts | N. Badrie | L. Roberts-Nkrumah

31. BREADFRUIT IN SAMOA: THE PAST, SOME RECENT STUDIES, CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE POTENTIAL

P. Tuivavalagi | L. Samuelu

32. SYSTEMS APPROACH TO IMPROVE BREADFRUIT EXPORTS IN FIJI

L. Tirimaidoka | N. Waqa | R. Masamdu

33. A REVIEW OF FRESH BREADFRUIT EXPORTS FROM FIJI

K.N. Stice | A.M. McGregor | S.N. Kumar