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Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS): untapped potential for enhancing food and nutrition securities in sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.authorAbdullahi, W.M.
dc.contributor.authorMu'az, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorTogola, A.
dc.contributor.authorMohammed, G.S.
dc.contributor.authorUmar, M.L.
dc.contributor.authorOngom, P.O.
dc.contributor.authorEchekwu, C.
dc.contributor.authorBoukar, O.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-30T08:16:25Z
dc.date.available2023-01-30T08:16:25Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-17
dc.identifier.citationAbdullahi, W.M., Mu'az, S.A., Togola, A., Mohammed, G.S., Umar, M.L., Ongom, P.O., ... & Boukar, O. (2022). Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS): untapped potential for enhancing food and nutrition securities in sub-Saharan Africa. In O.O. Babalola, A.S. Ayangbenro and O.B. Ojuederie (Eds.), Food Security and Safety Volume 2: African Perspectives. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, (p. 283-306).
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-031-09613-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8031
dc.description.abstractGlobal food security has raised concerns for the rapidly growing population and extreme weather due to climate change. Conventional plant breeding deployed the current greatly fecund crops, but there must be an increase in the genetic improvement to meet the anticipated future demand. Existing crop breeding techniques and recent technologies could resourcefully be reconnoitered to increase crop improvement in the façade of increasingly perplexing production condition, which is discussed in this chapter. Agriculture is vital in securing millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa, as it has prodigious potential to contribute to the economic development of the region, livelihood improvement through income generation, and enhancing the potential of smallholder farmers and related value chains. Moreover, scientific innovations like MAS offer great potential to drive this envisioned change; decades have passed since this technology was first used in the world, but Africa as a continent with more genetic diversity of crops remains underrepresented. Here, we reviewed a purview on screening methods and patterns of how genetic diversity of available crops in the continent are exploited, since marker-assisted selection and its potential in tackling food and nutritional insecurity as well as climate change cannot be overemphasized. In this chapter, we highlighted potential for applying MAS in the genomic resources available in Africa. We explored the most important methods of plant breeding used with their advantages and limitations. Additionally, the quiescent and consequences for assimilation of hi-tech innovations in genetics and breeding are also explored. Since smallholder farmers are the major beneficiaries, we scrutinized how to guarantee steady and sustainable production of crops in sub-Saharan Africa, thereby producing climate-smart crops in this region.
dc.format.extent283-306
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrican Perspectives;
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectMarker-Assisted Selection
dc.subjectGenetic Diversity
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.titleMarker-Assisted Selection (MAS): untapped potential for enhancing food and nutrition securities in sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeBook Chapter
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationBayero University Kano
cg.contributor.affiliationAhmadu Bello University
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidABDULLAH:2022
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.notesPublished online: 17 Nov 2022
cg.publicationplaceCham, Switzerland
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09614-3_13
cg.iitaauthor.identifierWAJIHA ABDULLAHI MU'AZ: 0000-0002-2138-6040
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAbou TOGOLA: 0000-0001-6155-8292
cg.iitaauthor.identifierPatrick Ongom: 0000-0002-5303-3602
cg.iitaauthor.identifierOusmane Boukar: 0000-0003-0234-4264
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