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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl) Agrotechnology, an open access journal
ISSN: 2168-9881 Agri 2017
October 02-04, 2017
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10th International Conference on
AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE
October 02-04, 2017 London, UK
Nigerian plant resources; an incredible responsibility for alleviating food insecurity and malnutrition
Olamide Falusi
Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
Food insecurity and malnutrition is a sincere concern in Africa and other parts of the world impacting heavily on health,
socio-economy and well-being of the population. Plant resources of a region represent heritable materials, which are
of economic, scientific or societal value to humankind. They form an integral part of a huge inter-dependent system that
encompasses the physical components and the biological community of life. Nigeria is a physically and climatically diverse
country that is endowed with substantial amount of plant resources. There are about 7,895 indigenous plant species from over
338 families and 2,215 genera that have been identified in the country with a few them demonstrating potential in alleviating
food security, hunger and malnutrition. Both the physical and the climatic diversity of Nigeria permit the growth of a wide
variety of such plants. This paper discusses those plant resources in Nigeria as nature’s incredible generosity with potential
in alleviating food security, hunger and malnutrition. It also highlights the responsibility of harnessing them for future
development and food security and safety.
Biography
Falusi Olamide has his expertise in Applied Plant genetic and Breeding. He has been involved in germplasm collection of many economic crops in Nigeria and has
provided the backbone information and materials required in their improvement for better productivity. He also has passion in the study of plant chromosomes to
reveal genomic identities and inheritance patterns.
Olamide Falusi, Agrotechnology 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2168-9881-C1-028