From the
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Top 10 Nutritious Leafy Vegetables in the Pacific


An Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded study on nutritionally rich leafy vegetables in the Pacific region has identified the ‘Top 10’ and produced a series of fact sheets to promote them to indigenous communities.


Factsheet 1: Feasibility study on increasing the consumption of nutritionally-rich leafy vegetables by indigenous communities in Samoa, Solomon Islands and Northern Australia pdf

Factsheet 2: Taro Leaf pdf

Factsheet 3: Aibika pdf

Factsheet 4: Ete and Ofenga pdf

Factsheet 5: Sweetleaf
pdf

Factsheet 6: Kangkong pdf

Factsheet 7: Pumpkin and Choko tips pdf

Factsheet 8: Drumstick Tree pdf

Factsheet 9: Ceylon Spinach pdf

Factsheet 10: Chilli Leaf pdf

Factsheet 11: Amaranth pdf

Factsheet 12: Improving nutrition with the Thursday Island Donut Gardens pdf


The data obtained were used to produce 500 sets of factsheets which featured the top ten vegetables for nutritional value and popularity, and these were distributed in the participating countries.

The factsheets, which were very well received, included information on plant traits, propagation, harvesting and storage methods, common pests and diseases, and nutritional value (see www.aciar.gov.au/News2013July).

 Outstanding species included Abelmoschus manihot (aibika), Polyscias spp. (ete), Sauropus androgynus (sweetleaf) and Moringa oleifera (drumstick tree).

Sweetleaf, for example, was high in iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium, manganese, sulphur, lutein, b-carotene and protein; ete was high in zinc and calcium, and grows well on alkaline coral soils, and the drumstick tree was particularly high in b-carotene, sulphur and selenium.



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Bibliography

Goebel, R., et al. "Top 10 nutritious leafy vegetables in the Pacific." Feasibility study on increasing the consumption of nutritionally-rich leafy vegetables by indigenous communities in Samoa, Solomon Islands and Northern Australia. PC/2010/063. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. 15 July 2013. aciar.gov.au/News2013July. Accessed 18 Aug. 2017.

Published 23 Aug. 2017 KJ
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