Abstract:
Despite the rich content of nutrients they possess, the consumption of African indigenous
vegetables showed a decline due to the introduction of exotic vegetables such as cabbages.
Several factors have compounded the popularity of the African indigenous vegetables, to name
some: poor seed distribution, post-harvest handling and marketing. On the other hand, Agro-bio
diversification has been shown to improve livelihoods, and African indigenous vegetables are a
good candidate because of their agronomical advantages.
In the study undergone in Arua District in the West Nile region of Uganda, I intended to evaluate
the potential of utilization of some selected African indigenous vegetables and to provide an
integrated framework for their governance from conservation to commercialisation. The
respondents were predominantly female above 60 years of age with no or low level of education.