Chapter 1. Underutilized crops: An overview. Chapter 2. Status of research on underutilized crops for food security.- Chapter 3. Prospects of underutilized crops in combating poverty, malnutrition, and hunger.- Chapter 4. Constraints in research, promotion and utilization of underutilized crops.- Chapter 5. Rice bean- a potential underutilized legume.- Chapter 6. Rice bean agronomy.- Chapter 7. Morpho-physiological and productivity attributes of rice bean.- Chapter 8. Nutritional potential of ricebean.- Chapter 9. Incrimnating factors of rice bean.- Chapter 10. Tackling incriminating/anti nutritional factors in rice bean.- Chapter 11. Rice bean foliage as fodder.- Chapter 12. Rice bean- a soil enricher.- Chapter 13. Effect of fertilizers on rice bean productivity and quality.- Chapter 14. Insect pest resistance factors in rice bean.- Chapter 15. Prospect of utilizing resistance factors from underutilized crops in susceptible crops.- Chapter 16. Nutraceutical potential of rice bean.- Chapter 17. Value added products from rice bean.- Chapter 18. Common diseases and insects of rice bean.- Chapter 19. Strategies for the promotion of rice bean as a potential pulse.- Chapter 20. Conclusion and future prospects.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>