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Minor crops and underutilized species: lessons and prospects

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Beyond any semantics<br />

Our ultimate goal is advancing well being of people: when faced with<br />

the question whether a <strong>species</strong> is or not an <strong>underutilized</strong> crop we<br />

should be asking ourselves whether our intended efforts will lift-up<br />

the status of use of the selected <strong>species</strong> <strong>and</strong> bring benefits to those<br />

very communities who have safeguarded such <strong>species</strong> over<br />

centuries.. Social equity <strong>and</strong> fairness should be ultimately the<br />

guiding principles in selecting <strong>underutilized</strong> <strong>species</strong>..

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