Modern plant biotechnology as a strategy in addressing climate change and attaining food security

TIK Munaweera, NU Jayawardana… - Agriculture & Food …, 2022 - Springer
Global warming causes a range of negative impacts on plants especially due to rapid
changes in temperatures, alterations of rainfall patterns, floods or drought conditions, and …

Scientists' warning to humanity on threats to indigenous and local knowledge systems

Á Fernández-Llamazares, D Lepofsky… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play
critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization …

Food environment typology: advancing an expanded definition, framework, and methodological approach for improved characterization of wild, cultivated, and built …

SM Downs, S Ahmed, J Fanzo, A Herforth - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The food environment is a critical place in the food system to implement interventions to
support sustainable diets and address the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and …

Factors affecting fruit and vegetable consumption and purchase behavior of adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid review

B Stadlmayr, U Trübswasser, S McMullin… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, considerable dietary shifts,
including an increase in the consumption of fruit and vegetables (FV) will be required …

The moral minefield of ethical oil palm and sustainable development

E Meijaard, D Sheil - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The environmental impacts of the palm oil industry are widely recognised. Unsurprisingly,
many people, including many conservation pundits, consider oil palm a major evil. What is …

The need to include wild foods in climate change adaptation strategies

B Powell, ID Bhatt, M Mucioki, S Rana, S Rawat… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Declining wild food use has been reported around the world for decades, with important
implications for nutrition and well-being. Commonly listed threats include land-use change …

Biodiversity is overlooked in the diets of different social groups in Brazil

SM Gomes, VM Chaves, AM de Carvalho… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Food biodiversity is essential for improving nutrition and reducing hunger in populations
worldwide. However, in middle and low-income countries, the biodiversity of food production …

Sustainability dimensions assessment in four traditional agricultural systems in the Amazon

M Heredia-R, B Torres, L Vasseur, L Puhl… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although traditional agriculture carried out by ethnic groups is considered for its high
biodiversity and important for food security and sovereignty, few studies have investigated …

Conceptual links between landscape diversity and diet diversity: a roadmap for transdisciplinary research

SE Gergel, B Powell, FÉÉ Baudron, SLR Wood… - Bioscience, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Malnutrition linked to poor quality diets affects at least 2 billion people. Forests, as well as
agricultural systems linked to trees, are key sources of dietary diversity in rural settings. In …

Role of wild food environments for cultural identity, food security, and dietary quality in a rural American state

S Ahmed, T Warne, A Stewart… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Wild foods are primary components of traditional and Indigenous food systems that are
valued for food security while being vulnerable to global change. This case study examines …