Orphan Crops

Orphan crops are a diverse set of minor crops like tef, finger millet, yam, roots and tubers that tend to be regionally important but not traded around the world and receive no attention by research networks.

Developing countries however rely on these crops more heavily than rice and wheat that are researched heavily by private corporations.

Source: GreenFacts, based on Kevin Hansen; "Biotechnology and its role in the Development of Agriculture"  

Genetically Modified Crops