Underutilised crops in Europe: An interdisciplinary approach towards sustainable practices
Abstract In the context of a rapidly growing global population and significant climatic and environmental change, there is an urgent need to produce nutritious food in a sustainable manner. Some crops are underutilised in Europe, despite their suitability to local environments, viability for sustainable production and potential to improve diets. Rye ( Secale cereale ) has a long history of cultivation in Europe, yet is underutilised owing to complex historical, socio‐cultural, socio‐political, socio‐economic and agronomic factors. This paper explores an innovative, cross‐sectoral approach that harmonises existing datasets from archaeology, plant science, nutrition and policy, and establishes an interdisciplinary dialogue to tackle this challenge.
Authors
- Paolo Prosperi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8494-0344)
- Meline Beglaryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-1706)
- Amil Orahovac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2386-3947)
- Filippos Bantis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6470-2333)
- Mila Andonova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4035-7517)
- Meriel McClatchie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-333X)
- Jelena Milešević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6995-158X)
- Donal Murphy‐Bokern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9373-4518)
- Marija Knez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-0137)
- U. Lohwasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3788-5258)
- Véronique Matterne
- Núria Rovira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8139-7000)
- Bálint Balázs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-499X)
- Wendy Waalen
- Ivana Radić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4946-6437)
- Sónia Negrão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8059-5240)
- Aldona Mueller‐Bieniek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-4580)
- David Gil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8910-2780)
- Aparajita Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8866-5503)
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- University of Alicante (ES)
- Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (FR)
- German Institute of Development and Sustainability (DE)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier (FR)
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG)
- Institut Agro Montpellier (FR)
- University of Donja Gorica (ME)
- University of Belgrade (RS)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (FR)
- Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems: social and nutritional sciences (FR)
- Essrg (Hungary) (HU)
- Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies (AM)
- Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism (RS)
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (FR)
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (BG)
- Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) (DE)
- Centre International deHautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (FR)
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NO)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- L'Institut Agro (FR)
- University of Warsaw (PL)
- University of Western Macedonia (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archaeometry
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13073
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72
Funders
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology
- Irish Research Council