Curriculum guide on neglected and underutilized species: combating hunger and malnutrition with novel species

The project ‘Strengthening capacities and informing policies for developing value chains of neglected and underutilized crops in Africa’ is supported by the ACP-EU Science & Technology Programme from 2014–2016, with co-financing by the project partners. The project’s vision is that enhanced value chains of NUS in Africa will contribute to improved food and nutritional security, income of smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs and mitigation of, and adaptation to climatic, agronomic and economic risks. To this end, a key project output is ‘strategies and tools for integrating NUS into higher agricultural education curricula agreed with universities and technical colleges, and shared through African educational networks’. The curriculum is a tool for achieving this goal. The objective of this curriculum guide is to introduce NUS into higher education curricula—using the examples of fruits and nuts, vegetables, rodents and insects. The curriculum guide targets educational institutions from the vocational to the academic level. We invite teaching institutions to collaborate and also assist in further improvement of this curriculum. Also available in French