Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change

Biocultural diversity is central to the nutrition, resilience, and adaptive capacity of Indigenous and traditional peoples, who collectively maintain the longest ongoing human experiences with the provision of food under environmental change. In the form of crops and livestock and associated knowled...

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Autores principales: Argumedo, Alejandro, Song, Yiching, Khoury, Colin K., Hunter, Danny, Dempewolf, Hannes, Guarino, Luigi, Haan, Stef de
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Frontiers Media 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115371
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author Argumedo, Alejandro
Song, Yiching
Khoury, Colin K.
Hunter, Danny
Dempewolf, Hannes
Guarino, Luigi
Haan, Stef de
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Dempewolf, Hannes
Guarino, Luigi
Haan, Stef de
Hunter, Danny
Khoury, Colin K.
Song, Yiching
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Khoury, Colin K.
Hunter, Danny
Dempewolf, Hannes
Guarino, Luigi
Haan, Stef de
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description Biocultural diversity is central to the nutrition, resilience, and adaptive capacity of Indigenous and traditional peoples, who collectively maintain the longest ongoing human experiences with the provision of food under environmental change. In the form of crops and livestock and associated knowledge on their cultivation and use, food-related biocultural diversity likewise underpins global food security. As food system transformation is increasingly recognized as an urgent priority, we argue that food security, sustainability, resilience, and adaptive capacity can be furthered through greater emphasis on conservation, use, and celebration of food-related biocultural diversity. We provide examples from the Parque de la Papa, Peru, a “food biocultural diversity neighborhood” which through advocacy and partnerships based around its diversity, has both enhanced local communities and contributed to food security at a much larger scale. We outline collaborative actions which we believe are important to up- and out-scale food biocultural diversity neighborhood successes. Further research and knowledge sharing are critical to better document, understand, track, and communicate the value, functions, and state of biocultural diversity in food systems. Expanded training and capacity development opportunities are important to enable the interchange of experiences and visions on food, health, sustainability and resilience, climate adaptation, equity and justice, and livelihood generation with others facing similar challenges. Finally, strengthened networking across food biocultural diversity neighborhoods is essential to their persistence and growth as they increasingly engage with local, national, and international organizations, based on shared interests and on their own terms, across five continents.
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spelling CGSpace1153712025-12-08T10:29:22Z Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change Argumedo, Alejandro Song, Yiching Khoury, Colin K. Hunter, Danny Dempewolf, Hannes Guarino, Luigi Haan, Stef de food systems farmers' rights crop wild relatives diversification climate change adaptation agrobiodiversity sustainable agriculture sistemas alimentarios ferechos del agricultor especies silvestres afín a las plantas cultivadas Biocultural diversity is central to the nutrition, resilience, and adaptive capacity of Indigenous and traditional peoples, who collectively maintain the longest ongoing human experiences with the provision of food under environmental change. In the form of crops and livestock and associated knowledge on their cultivation and use, food-related biocultural diversity likewise underpins global food security. As food system transformation is increasingly recognized as an urgent priority, we argue that food security, sustainability, resilience, and adaptive capacity can be furthered through greater emphasis on conservation, use, and celebration of food-related biocultural diversity. We provide examples from the Parque de la Papa, Peru, a “food biocultural diversity neighborhood” which through advocacy and partnerships based around its diversity, has both enhanced local communities and contributed to food security at a much larger scale. We outline collaborative actions which we believe are important to up- and out-scale food biocultural diversity neighborhood successes. Further research and knowledge sharing are critical to better document, understand, track, and communicate the value, functions, and state of biocultural diversity in food systems. Expanded training and capacity development opportunities are important to enable the interchange of experiences and visions on food, health, sustainability and resilience, climate adaptation, equity and justice, and livelihood generation with others facing similar challenges. Finally, strengthened networking across food biocultural diversity neighborhoods is essential to their persistence and growth as they increasingly engage with local, national, and international organizations, based on shared interests and on their own terms, across five continents. 2021-10-08 2021-10-12T11:05:10Z 2021-10-12T11:05:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115371 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Argumedo, A.; Song, Y.; Khoury, C.K.; Hunter, D.; Dempewolf, H.; Guarino, L.; de Haan, S. (2021) Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 685299. ISSN: 2571-581X
spellingShingle food systems
farmers' rights
crop wild relatives
diversification
climate change adaptation
agrobiodiversity
sustainable agriculture
sistemas alimentarios
ferechos del agricultor
especies silvestres afín a las plantas cultivadas
Argumedo, Alejandro
Song, Yiching
Khoury, Colin K.
Hunter, Danny
Dempewolf, Hannes
Guarino, Luigi
Haan, Stef de
Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change
title Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change
title_full Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change
title_fullStr Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change
title_full_unstemmed Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change
title_short Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change
title_sort biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change
topic food systems
farmers' rights
crop wild relatives
diversification
climate change adaptation
agrobiodiversity
sustainable agriculture
sistemas alimentarios
ferechos del agricultor
especies silvestres afín a las plantas cultivadas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115371
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