I know this rice we grow it a lot in Benue state Nigeria very underrated rice some people prefer the other types of modern rice because not only does it cook faster people don't have to sort the sand and dirty particles out before cooking we are getting lazy by the day forgetting that the indigenous rice packs more health benefits. Thanks so much for sharing.
I've had it, it is good, but won't grow in Arizona. We have our traditional wild rice, a desert variety called Indian Rice Grass. That is only now being commercially grown. African rice has three main varieties, river, mud, and uplands or forest rice. Forest is popular in Central America, grown where the fields are too steep for maize. niio
In my humble opinion and this is just my opinion, so please no hate comments. I sincerely believe that around the world we need to look back at our ancestors and pay attention to the foods they grew, that were perfectly adapted to their environment, I am not saying that there should not be imported foods not at all but those imported foods should not be the main stay of a diet. Corn for instance is not adaptable for all regions, some regions get less rain and corn needs about 22 inches of rain fall a year. So why would you grown that crop in a region where the rain is less predictable. Indigenous foods have built nations fed countless people for millenniums so look back at see how they did it. In Africa I have been there, the indigenous foods are look at like poor peoples food, at least when I was there. Where as in the West, these African indigenous foods are seen as hip and worth high prices. Also I should add this, instead of governments caring about their populations food security, they have commodified foods, as in what will get the better price on the international markets.
Hi Gus thank you soo much for your very informative & interesting chanel 100% Just a quick question, have you heard of Zumbani oil? If yes what are it's main benefits
Hi, yes, the essential oil from Zumbani is often produced. The most common use is actually as an insect repellent, but scientists are actively investigating it for its other medicinal uses. It's a very interesting product indeed!
Cool, I am growing Loto upland rice this year, I believe it is a sativa variety coming from Italy. How drought tolerant is the species you've shown us?
That's a great question! You can sometimes find it in the indigenous foods section in supermarkets, as well as at your local msika. The best thing to do is grow it yourself, although there's quite a bit of work involved in preparing it. But I always think it's good for people to understand the effort involved in producing food - then they appreciate and enjoy it much more!
Looks healthy good if they start growing more of that supply feed alot of people package and present it more. Its nice still grow it in area my mom is from Instant sub
Nice efforts ,but there is no proper information about the varieties and how it's cultivated,like durations,preparing of soil, fertilization,etc sorry, be sure u provide proper and full information
In 1852 American Commodore Matthew C. Perry pried open the doors of Japan after almost 300 years of isolation, in typical American political fashion Commodore Perry used gunboat diplomacy, supposedly it was done in the name of free trade, the Japanese decided to modernize their Army and raise it up to the standards of European armies, they decided to use white rice instead of the traditional Japanese rice they were using all along, supposedly the white rice will last longer than the traditional Japanese rice, it was not long before Japanese soldiers started exhibiting different unexplained illnesses, after doing long research a Japanese scientist found that the white rice was the main reason for all of the strange medical disorders that the Japanese have not experienced before .
Gus, you've covered many indigenous plants of Africa and some you haven't like fonio. What do you see as the biggest problem that the African people face in trying to get their native products out into the rest of the world? It seems like Africa's products are suppressed and have no global representation, at least from my perspective.
That's a great question, and there's no one simple answer. I could write a PhD on this topic! Here a few contributing factors: 1. I think the single biggest one is that nobody has really been trying to get African produce out there. A large part of this is because we in Africa have been brainwashed into thinking that local produce is somehow inferior to imported, "Western" produce. And if we don't value our own products, how can we expect anyone else to? 2. We don’t work together as a block. There are over 50 countries in Africa. Imagine what we could achieve if we spoke with one voice! One of our big failures has been in terms of overcoming the trade barriers that prevent novel products being launched on different market. It is crazy that a food, which has been safely consumed in Africa for thousands of years, should be required to undergo toxicological testing before it can be launched on another market (I was recently quoted nearly US$200,000 to get baobab powder approved for sale in China, even though we all know it's perfectly safe!). But that’s just how it is, and we need to get over it and deal with it. If we were to systematically pull together as African nations, we could deal with this. 3. There is an inherent market bias against African produce, with a perception that it is inevitably of lower quality. We don't do ourselves any favours here either, because often we do conform to the stereotype by indeed supplying product of unacceptable quality. The good news is that all of these could potentially be overcome. In 2001 I started an organisation called PhytoTrade Africa, whose objective was to bring producers together from several Southern African countries and try to address these issues. We were to a large extent successful (e.g. with baobab, which we introduced into the EU and US markets), but we found it hard to raise the necessary funding and eventually the coffers ran dry. But PhytoTrade proved the concept works. It would be very possible to set up something on a much larger scale to systematically address these hurdles and get African products out there. If you or anyone else is keen to contribute to making this happen, let me know!
He just said it it came from Mali not slavery Mali the empire of Africa is where it came from to America before Columbus 200 years people wake up the fact is here eat the food of the Earth you will be sustained nutritionally.
All the best for your search for indeginous crops and i am sure you will succeed.. interesting and learned a lot thank you so much
I know this rice we grow it a lot in Benue state Nigeria very underrated rice some people prefer the other types of modern rice because not only does it cook faster people don't have to sort the sand and dirty particles out before cooking we are getting lazy by the day forgetting that the indigenous rice packs more health benefits. Thanks so much for sharing.
Exactly right. We let ourselves down by poor packaging and presentation. The good news, though, is that's something we can easily change!
I found your channel lately and I just want to say it's really been interesting and educational 🙌 Thanks for the great content😅
Thanks so much!
For me , the best part is the subtle earthy aroma is emits when cooked....yummy!
I totally agree!
Wow, never knew this existed, I hope to try it someday 😃
You should!
I was aware of sorghum and millets, however knew very little about the rice. We need an extended version of the episode.
Thank you! I'll definitely start saving up to make another episode on this one!
I've had it, it is good, but won't grow in Arizona. We have our traditional wild rice, a desert variety called Indian Rice Grass. That is only now being commercially grown. African rice has three main varieties, river, mud, and uplands or forest rice. Forest is popular in Central America, grown where the fields are too steep for maize. niio
Amazing stuff
In my humble opinion and this is just my opinion, so please no hate comments. I sincerely believe that around the world we need to look back at our ancestors and pay attention to the foods they grew, that were perfectly adapted to their environment, I am not saying that there should not be imported foods not at all but those imported foods should not be the main stay of a diet. Corn for instance is not adaptable for all regions, some regions get less rain and corn needs about 22 inches of rain fall a year. So why would you grown that crop in a region where the rain is less predictable. Indigenous foods have built nations fed countless people for millenniums so look back at see how they did it. In Africa I have been there, the indigenous foods are look at like poor peoples food, at least when I was there. Where as in the West, these African indigenous foods are seen as hip and worth high prices. Also I should add this, instead of governments caring about their populations food security, they have commodified foods, as in what will get the better price on the international markets.
Thank you for sharing your humble opinion. I agree with you 100%!!
Grew up eating this with chicken road runner....yummy 😋
Yes, it's the best!
Dear Sir...! That's Incredible ☺️
Thanks a lot 😊
Hi Gus thank you soo much for your very informative & interesting chanel 100%
Just a quick question, have you heard of Zumbani oil? If yes what are it's main benefits
Hi, yes, the essential oil from Zumbani is often produced. The most common use is actually as an insect repellent, but scientists are actively investigating it for its other medicinal uses. It's a very interesting product indeed!
Cool, I am growing Loto upland rice this year, I believe it is a sativa variety coming from Italy. How drought tolerant is the species you've shown us?
Much more drought tolerant than any sativa varieties!
Where can i get the crop seed
How are you thank you we re learning kindly if l may ask do you know hemp plant? If so kindly share information about it thank you
I definitely know it! It's not indigenous to Africa but I will do an episode on it soon, I promise!
Love it...where can l buy it's grains in Zimbabwe
That's a great question! You can sometimes find it in the indigenous foods section in supermarkets, as well as at your local msika. The best thing to do is grow it yourself, although there's quite a bit of work involved in preparing it. But I always think it's good for people to understand the effort involved in producing food - then they appreciate and enjoy it much more!
You would happen to know how to get some seeds
Looks healthy good if they start growing more of that supply feed alot of people package and present it more. Its nice still grow it in area my mom is from Instant sub
It's very healthy, and if more people grow it more people can benefit from its healthy properties!
Nice efforts ,but there is no proper information about the varieties and how it's cultivated,like durations,preparing of soil, fertilization,etc sorry, be sure u provide proper and full information
Thanks. That wasn't really the idea of this series, but I hear you!
mupunga nedovi my best dish
I'm with you on that one!
It stick to your ribs for a very long time. We need it back.
Good Murungiu Shamwarii
Thank you!
I definitely need some seeds of these please. Anyone?
Mupunga correct kuzimbabwe
In 1852 American Commodore Matthew C. Perry pried open the doors of Japan after almost 300 years of isolation, in typical American political fashion Commodore Perry used gunboat diplomacy, supposedly it was done in the name of free trade, the Japanese decided to modernize their Army and raise it up to the standards of European armies, they decided to use white rice instead of the traditional Japanese rice they were using all along, supposedly the white rice will last longer than the traditional Japanese rice, it was not long before Japanese soldiers started exhibiting different unexplained illnesses, after doing long research a Japanese scientist found that the white rice was the main reason for all of the strange medical disorders that the Japanese have not experienced before .
Gus, you've covered many indigenous plants of Africa and some you haven't like fonio. What do you see as the biggest problem that the African people face in trying to get their native products out into the rest of the world? It seems like Africa's products are suppressed and have no global representation, at least from my perspective.
That's a great question, and there's no one simple answer. I could write a PhD on this topic! Here a few contributing factors:
1. I think the single biggest one is that nobody has really been trying to get African produce out there. A large part of this is because we in Africa have been brainwashed into thinking that local produce is somehow inferior to imported, "Western" produce. And if we don't value our own products, how can we expect anyone else to?
2. We don’t work together as a block. There are over 50 countries in Africa. Imagine what we could achieve if we spoke with one voice! One of our big failures has been in terms of overcoming the trade barriers that prevent novel products being launched on different market. It is crazy that a food, which has been safely consumed in Africa for thousands of years, should be required to undergo toxicological testing before it can be launched on another market (I was recently quoted nearly US$200,000 to get baobab powder approved for sale in China, even though we all know it's perfectly safe!). But that’s just how it is, and we need to get over it and deal with it. If we were to systematically pull together as African nations, we could deal with this.
3. There is an inherent market bias against African produce, with a perception that it is inevitably of lower quality. We don't do ourselves any favours here either, because often we do conform to the stereotype by indeed supplying product of unacceptable quality.
The good news is that all of these could potentially be overcome. In 2001 I started an organisation called PhytoTrade Africa, whose objective was to bring producers together from several Southern African countries and try to address these issues. We were to a large extent successful (e.g. with baobab, which we introduced into the EU and US markets), but we found it hard to raise the necessary funding and eventually the coffers ran dry. But PhytoTrade proved the concept works. It would be very possible to set up something on a much larger scale to systematically address these hurdles and get African products out there. If you or anyone else is keen to contribute to making this happen, let me know!
Digests better than white rice. And no heart burn which you usually get from white rice.
Very true!
Hi Chikafu, I hope you are doing well. Do you know where I can find this rice? I am very interested in trying it out.
@@lovernthater Reach out to Pamushana Foods - facebook.com/Pamusha-Traditional-Foods-102454488138071/?ref=py_c
@@chikafu6858 hey! Thank you so very much for the link! I really appreciate it!
He just said it it came from Mali not slavery Mali the empire of Africa is where it came from to America before Columbus 200 years people wake up the fact is here eat the food of the Earth you will be sustained nutritionally.