Stakeholder insights and policy recommendations from the InnoFoodAfrica Project on traditional African foods

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Katherine Alice
dc.contributor.authorEmmambux, Mohammad Naushad
dc.contributor.authorDada, Shakila
dc.contributor.emailnaushad.emmambux@up.ac.za
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-22T05:36:50Z
dc.date.available2025-08-22T05:36:50Z
dc.date.issued2025-08
dc.description.abstractSIGNIFICANCE : 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.departmentCentre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)
dc.description.departmentConsumer and Food Sciences
dc.description.librarianhj2025
dc.description.sdgSDG-02: Zero Hunger
dc.description.sponsorshipThe European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajs.co.za
dc.identifier.citationSmith, 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.issn0038-2353 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/sajs.2025/17677
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/103956
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africa
dc.rights© 2025. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
dc.subjectIndigenous African food crops
dc.subjectTraditional African food crops
dc.subjectStakeholder engagement
dc.subjectSustainable nutrition
dc.subjectFood security
dc.subjectFood innovations
dc.subjectCommentary
dc.titleStakeholder insights and policy recommendations from the InnoFoodAfrica Project on traditional African foods
dc.typeArticle

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