Agrotechniques for alimurgical plants

Alimurgy, this unknown - Aside their cultural and environmental heritage, locally linked to past food systems, the alimurgical plant species currently represent an opportunity to develop short value chains in rural contexts with high natural values. An interesting strategy at the farm level is the cultivation of alimurgical plants in agroforestry systems. Alimurgy, from the Latin “alimentia urgentia”, refers to the nutritional opportunity offered by a number of wild plant species. About 10% of the world flora is known as edible.