Ragam dan Ketersediaan Plasma Nutfah Ubi untuk Mendukung Ketahanan Pangan dan Pertanian Berkelanjutan
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2021-09-15
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KOMISI NASIONAL SUMBER DAYA GENETIK
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One of the important aspects in the program to achieve food security is food diversification, which can be pursued by maximizing the potential of existing crops diversity. As part of one of the regions of origin and center of tubers diversity, Indonesia has sufficient biological diversity to achieve food security. Unfortunately, information regarding the availability of this tubers diversity is still very limited and has not been managed properly. This paper is intended to gain an overview of the availability and diversity of various tubers crops in Indonesia. Materials and information were collected from various reference sources available for sweet potato, cassava, taro and blue taro, canna, arrowroot, and yam crops. Studies showed that there were a diversity of tuber crops that have been used by the community as a source of food. Various tuber plants have adequate nutritional content to be used as an alternative of functional food source. Tuber crops are spread throughout Indonesia and showed diversity both at the species level and genetic resources. However, there were indications of diversity decline in some areas. Existing ex-situ conservation efforts do not fully cover the diversity that exists in the field. A more comprehensive and more coordinated action and follow-up effort are needed in inventorying, managing, and exploring its potential to save the diversity that still exists in the community.
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Conservation, local food crops, tuber food sources