Stakeholder insights and policy recommendations from the InnoFoodAfrica Project on traditional African foods
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Katherine Alice | |
dc.contributor.author | Emmambux, Mohammad Naushad | |
dc.contributor.author | Dada, Shakila | |
dc.contributor.email | naushad.emmambux@up.ac.za | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-22T05:36:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-08-22T05:36:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2025-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | SIGNIFICANCE : Supporting systems that provide healthy and safe food ingredients and products and environmentally sustainable nutrition and food security solutions are key local priorities. To achieve these priorities in South Africa, multilevel and multiagency support is needed by smallholder farmers to expand the cultivation, growing, distribution, marketing, and production of indigenous and traditional African food crops (ITFC) and ingredients, as well as the sale, acceptance, and consumption of ITFCs. Public education is required to transform local perspectives on protein intake and the benefits of ITFCs. The government must exempt ITFCs from VAT to promote their mainstream commercial viability. | |
dc.description.department | Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) | |
dc.description.department | Consumer and Food Sciences | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2025 | |
dc.description.sdg | SDG-02: Zero Hunger | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. | |
dc.description.uri | http://www.sajs.co.za | |
dc.identifier.citation | Smith, K.A., Emmambux, M.N. & Dada, S.S. Stakeholder insights and policy recommendations from the InnoFoodAfrica Project on traditional African foods. South African Journal of Science 2025;121(7/8), Art. #17677. https:// doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2025/17677. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-2353 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-7489 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.17159/sajs.2025/17677 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/103956 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa | |
dc.rights | © 2025. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. | |
dc.subject | Indigenous African food crops | |
dc.subject | Traditional African food crops | |
dc.subject | Stakeholder engagement | |
dc.subject | Sustainable nutrition | |
dc.subject | Food security | |
dc.subject | Food innovations | |
dc.subject | Commentary | |
dc.title | Stakeholder insights and policy recommendations from the InnoFoodAfrica Project on traditional African foods | |
dc.type | Article |