Climate Change and Orphan Crops in West Africa

Development of climate resilient systems supporting enhanced food security in sub-Saharan requires a focus on crops with currently limited research and development. In a West African context this includes Bambara groundnut and African Yam bean. At the Genetic Resources Centre (GRC) of IITA we have germplasm collections of these crops and are working in partnership with others to study the diversity in these collections and to underpin pre breeding and breeding.