Editing Amaranth (section)

==== Africa ====
A traditional food plant in Africa, amaranth has the potential to improve nutrition, boost [[food security]], foster rural development and support sustainable land care.<ref>{{cite book |author=National Research Council |title=Lost Crops of Africa: Volume II: Vegetables |url=http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11763 |access-date=2008-07-15 |volume=2 |date=2006-10-27 |publisher=National Academies Press |isbn=978-0-309-10333-6 |oclc=34344933 |doi=10.17226/11763 |chapter=Amaranth |chapter-url=http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11763&page=35}}</ref>

In Bantu regions of Uganda and western Kenya, it is known as ''doodo'' or ''litoto''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Goode, P. M. |title=Edible plants of Uganda |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |year=1989 |isbn=9789251027134 |pages=25–6}}</ref> It is also known among the [[Kalenjin people|Kalenjin]] as a [[drought]] crop (''chepkerta''). In [[Lingala language|Lingala]] (spoken in the Congo), it is known as {{lang|ln|lɛngalɛnga}} or {{lang|ln|bítɛkutɛku}}.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Enama, M. |year=1994 |title=Culture: The missing nexus in ecological economics perspective |journal=Ecological Economics |issue=2 |pages=93–95 |doi=10.1016/0921-8009(94)00010-7 |volume=10|bibcode=1994EcoEc..10...93E }}</ref> In Nigeria, it is a common vegetable and goes with all Nigerian starch dishes. It is known in [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] as {{lang|yo|shoko}}, a short form of {{lang|yo|shokoyokoto}} (meaning "make the husband fat"), or {{lang|yo|arowo jeja}} (meaning "we have money left over for fish"). In Botswana, it is referred to as ''morug'' and cooked as a staple green vegetable.