| Beneficial trait | Crops | Reference |
| Agronomy-related | Drought-tolerant | African rice, bambara groundnut, cassava, cowpea, enset, Ethiopian mustard, grass pea, pearl millet, tef, yam | [10ā16] | Waterlogging tolerant | Tef | [17] | Salinity-tolerant | Sorghum (moderately tolerant) | [18] | Heat-tolerant | Cow pea, pearl millet | [19] | Adaptation to poor soil | African rice, cassava, cowpea | [12, 14, 19] | Early maturing (drought escape) | African rice, amaranth, fonio | [12, 13] | Erosion control (fast ground cover) | Cowpea | [20] | Disease tolerance | African rice, Ethiopian mustard, tef | [12, 16, 17] | Pest tolerance | African rice, Ethiopian mustard, tef | [12, 16, 17] | Nutrition-related | Complete food (protein, carbohydrate, fate) | bambara groundnut | [13] | Rich in essential amino acids | Amaranth, bambara groundnut, cowpea, finger millet, fonio, grass pea | [10, 12, 13, 21] | Rich in iron | Banana, fonio, tef | [12, 22] | High vitamin A content | Banana | [23] | High oil content | Noug [Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.] | [24] | Health-related | Gluten-free | Tef, millets | [25, 26] | Low glycemic index | Finger millet | [27] | Anticancer property | Millets | [28] |
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