Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems

The diversity of plants, animals and microorganisms that directly or indirectly support food and agriculture is critical to achiev ing healthy diets and agroecosystems. Here we present the Agrobiodiversity Index (based on 22 indicators), which provides a monitoring framework and informs food system...

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Autores principales: Jones, Sarah K., Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, Juventia, Stella D., Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Laporte, Marie-Angélique, Villani, Chiara, Remans, Roseline
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114925
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author Jones, Sarah K.
Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
Juventia, Stella D.
Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan
Laporte, Marie-Angélique
Villani, Chiara
Remans, Roseline
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Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
Jones, Sarah K.
Juventia, Stella D.
Laporte, Marie-Angélique
Remans, Roseline
Villani, Chiara
author_facet Jones, Sarah K.
Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
Juventia, Stella D.
Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan
Laporte, Marie-Angélique
Villani, Chiara
Remans, Roseline
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description The diversity of plants, animals and microorganisms that directly or indirectly support food and agriculture is critical to achiev ing healthy diets and agroecosystems. Here we present the Agrobiodiversity Index (based on 22 indicators), which provides a monitoring framework and informs food systems policy. Agrobiodiversity Index calculations for 80 countries reveal a moderate mean agrobiodiversity status score (56.0 out of 100), a moderate mean agrobiodiversity action score (47.8 out of 100) and a low mean agrobiodiversity commitment score (21.4 out of 100), indicating that much stronger commitments and concrete actions are needed to enhance agrobiodiversity across the food system. Mean agrobiodiversity status scores in consumption and conservation are 14–82% higher in developed countries than in developing countries, while scores in production are consis tently low across least developed, developing and developed countries. We also found an absence of globally consistent data for several important components of agrobiodiversity, including varietal, functional and underutilized species diversity.
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spelling CGSpace1149252025-11-11T19:06:29Z Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems Jones, Sarah K. Estrada-Carmona, Natalia Juventia, Stella D. Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan Laporte, Marie-Angélique Villani, Chiara Remans, Roseline agriculture biodiversity sustainability agricultura biodiversidad sostenibilidad The diversity of plants, animals and microorganisms that directly or indirectly support food and agriculture is critical to achiev ing healthy diets and agroecosystems. Here we present the Agrobiodiversity Index (based on 22 indicators), which provides a monitoring framework and informs food systems policy. Agrobiodiversity Index calculations for 80 countries reveal a moderate mean agrobiodiversity status score (56.0 out of 100), a moderate mean agrobiodiversity action score (47.8 out of 100) and a low mean agrobiodiversity commitment score (21.4 out of 100), indicating that much stronger commitments and concrete actions are needed to enhance agrobiodiversity across the food system. Mean agrobiodiversity status scores in consumption and conservation are 14–82% higher in developed countries than in developing countries, while scores in production are consis tently low across least developed, developing and developed countries. We also found an absence of globally consistent data for several important components of agrobiodiversity, including varietal, functional and underutilized species diversity. 2021-09-06 2021-09-09T08:09:27Z 2021-09-09T08:09:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114925 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Jones, S.K.; Estrada Carmona, N.; Juventia, S.D.; Dulloo, M.E.; Laporte, M-A.; Villani, C.; Remans, R. (2021) Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems. Nature Food, Online: (06 September 2021). 12 p. ISSN: 2662-1355
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biodiversity
sustainability
agricultura
biodiversidad
sostenibilidad
Jones, Sarah K.
Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
Juventia, Stella D.
Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan
Laporte, Marie-Angélique
Villani, Chiara
Remans, Roseline
Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems
title Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems
title_full Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems
title_fullStr Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems
title_full_unstemmed Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems
title_short Agrobiodiversity Index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems
title_sort agrobiodiversity index scores show agrobiodiversity is underutilized in national food systems
topic agriculture
biodiversity
sustainability
agricultura
biodiversidad
sostenibilidad
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114925
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