Opportunity Crops: A drive for viable current and future livelihoods

16 - 18 October 2024.  Opportunity Crops: A drive for viable current and future livelihoods Hosted by IITA. MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR UNDERUTILIZED LEGUMES (SUL)

• Download the program here
• Download the book of abstracts # 107 pp.

Sub-themes:

1. Exploration and Utilization of Indigenous Plant Genetic Resources
2. Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology and Crop Modelling
3. Crop Production and Health
4. Healthy Nations through Opportunity Crops
5. Natural Resources Management and Climate Change
6. Nutrition, Food Processing and Value Addition
7. Socio-economics and agribusiness in Opportunity Crops
8. Gender-Responsive Innovations for Food Security and Policy
9. Artificial Intelligence for Opportunity Crops Promotion

Parallel Technical Sessions (extracts) 

1. Thematic Area 4: Healthy Nations through Opportunity Crops
2. Thematic Area 6: Nutrition, Food Processing and Value Addition
3. Parallel Technical Session: Gender-Responsive Innovations for Food Security and Policy

Highlights

• Prof. Happiness Oselebe, Director, Centre for Crop Improvement, Nutrition and Climate Change (CCINCC), Ebonyi State University, Nigeria - Exploration and Utilization of Indigenous Plant Genetic Resources
• Prof. Abiodun Musa Aibinu Vice-Chancellor, Summit University, Offa, Kwara State. Nigeria - Artificial Intelligence for Opportunity Crops’  Promotion
• Prof. Sola Ajayi Vice-Chancellor, First Technical University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria - Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology and Crop Modelling of opportunity

Resource

Journal of Underutilized Legumes

JUL is an official publication of the Society of Underutilized Legumes, is an international peer-reviewed journal that is generally seeking to be one of the world’s most rated, well-indexed, and most globally circulated journals in the nearest future. 

• JUL is dedicated to publishing original research articles as well as reviews and short communications on issues relating to research and development and other issues geared towards improving the economics, utilization, conservation and general development of the underutilized legumes in the African Continent and the world at large. 
• The Journal basically covers areas of Agronomy, Crop Development, Botany, Biochemistry, Ethnobotany, Taxonomy,Biotechnology, Climate change, Animal Nutrition, Law, Commerce, Economics, and any other Field or Discipline wherein the research/discourse is majorly based on underutilized legumes. 
• To accommodate a wider scope, the journal publishes articles covering other underutilized crops.

You can see this journal's website here.