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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Autores principales: Ickowitz, A., Powell, B., Rowland, D., Jones, A., Sunderland, T.C.H.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112102
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author Ickowitz, A.
Powell, B.
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Jones, A.
Sunderland, T.C.H.
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description • 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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spelling CGSpace1121022025-09-25T13:01:37Z Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative Ickowitz, A. Powell, B. Rowland, D. Jones, A. Sunderland, T.C.H. agricultural production dietary food security • 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. 2019-03 2021-03-08T08:18:20Z 2021-03-08T08:18:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112102 en Open Access Elsevier Ickowitz, A., Powell, B., Rowland, D., Jones, A., Sunderland, T.C.H. 2019. Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative. Global Food Security, 20: 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.11.002
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Ickowitz, A.
Powell, B.
Rowland, D.
Jones, A.
Sunderland, T.C.H.
Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
title Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
title_full Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
title_fullStr Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
title_short Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
title_sort agricultural intensification dietary diversity and markets in the global food security narrative
topic agricultural production
dietary
food security
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112102
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