Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
• Many food security experts have been calling for agricultural intensification in developing countries to feed a growing global population. • This narrative is based on a narrow view of food security focused on calories and neglects issues of dietary quality. • Encouraging small farmers across the...
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112102 |
| Sumario: | • Many food security experts have been calling for agricultural intensification in developing countries to feed a growing global population. • This narrative is based on a narrow view of food security focused on calories and neglects issues of dietary quality. • Encouraging small farmers across the developing world to grow more staple crops more intensively may have unintended negative consequences on dietary quality. • A more nuanced approach sensitive to local contexts and appreciative of foods other than staples may lead to alternative policy choices in many places. |
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